The OECD's Better Life Index

question 203

Multiple Choice

The OECD's Better Life Index

• A)gives a very similar ranking of countries as GDP per capita.
• B)shows that wealthy countries typically have a much lower quality of life than middle income countries.
• C)shows that there is no relationship between quality of life and GDP per capita.
• D)can be expected to completely replace GDP as a measure used by economists in the next few years.
• E)shows that GDP is a highly inaccurate measure of well being.

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