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Working in small groups, students determine how 18 items are included in GDP (or if they are excluded.) Cards turned over one at a time encourage participation by all group members.

This activity is designed to encourage student-to-student discussion about national income accounting. Although students may focus on correct answers and an accurate total at the end, it is their reasoning that matters if the concepts are to be used in future contexts. The goal is to help students understand the concepts that lie behind national income accounting: why are the categories C, I, G and net exports important? and why it is important that some transactions are not counted?

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