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GDP Definition and VAT Complement

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This lecture clarifies the concept of GDP by explaining how value-added tax affects the final price of a product, demonstrating that the tax is calculated based on the pre-tax price, not the final price paid.

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Economic freedom, or economic liberty, is the ability of people of a society to take economic actions. This is a term used in economic and policy debates as well as in the philosophy of economics. One approach to economic freedom comes from the liberal tradition emphasizing free markets, free trade, and private property under free enterprise. Another approach to economic freedom extends the welfare economics study of individual choice, with greater economic freedom coming from a larger set of possible choices.

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