Underground Activities Are Not Counted in GDP Because

question 82

Multiple Choice

Underground activities are not counted in GDP because

• A) some underground activities are illegal and the government doesn't want to place,for instance,drug dealers on an equal footing with small businesses.
• B) there are no written records of underground activities.
• C) of a decision made in the 1930s and no one has gotten around to changing it yet.
• D) although it is possible to accurately measure underground activities,it is harder than measuring above-ground activities because with the latter,one doesn't have to dig as deep.

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