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38. Module Productivity and Growth. KRUGMAN'S MACROECONOMICS for AP*. Margaret Ray and David Anderson. What you will learn in this Module :. How changes in productivity are illustrated using an aggregate production function
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38 ModuleProductivityand Growth • KRUGMAN'S • MACROECONOMICS for AP* Margaret Ray and David Anderson
What you will learnin thisModule: • How changes in productivity are illustrated using an aggregate production function • How growth has varied among several important regions of the world and why the convergence hypothesis applies to economically advanced countries
Accounting for Growth: The Aggregate Production Function • Aggregate Production Function • Diminishing Returns to Physical Capital • Growth Accounting • Total Factor Productivity
What About Natural Resources? • Other things equal, more natural resources leads to higher GDP per capita • Other things are often NOT equal • Malthus
Success, Disappointment, and Failure • East Asia’s Miracle • convergence hypothesis • Latin America’s Disappointment • Africa’s Troubles