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On Measurement of Economic Growth

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This article continues the discussion raised in the pages of the journal on the methodological problems of justifying economic policy [1]. Problems of measuring the inflationary component of economic growth and in product competitiveness in the internal market and external markets are considered. A procedure to measure economic growth, taking into account the balance of interests of the current and future generations, is proposed.

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Fal’tsman, V.K. On Measurement of Economic Growth. Stud. Russ. Econ. Dev. 29, 6–11 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075700718010033

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