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Do We Get a Useful and Meaningful Statistic by Dividing

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Do we get a useful and meaningful statistic by dividing the national debt by the GDP?


A) Yes -- we can then see how much of the national debt is owed by each individual citizen.
B) No -- the GDP is not a meaningful measure of the well- being of the economy.
C) No -- dividing a stock by a flow can never be sensible.
D) No -- we are essentially "dividing apples by oranges", which is unhelpful.
E) Yes -- we can see the burden of the debt more clearly than using the national debt figure alone.

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