Paper on "GDP: A Short but Affectionate History"
3-5 pages
Due Sunday, March 20 at 11 PM
Theme: Why constructing GDP well is so hard.
Focus on some issues about how it should be done that people are struggling with. “Struggling with” can mean
There is a controversy/debate about what is the best way to do it on some particular score
There are practical difficulties in doing it in a way that seems like it would be good.