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To: Southack
Our total imports are 9.5% of our GDP.

So if Dell "imports" a PC for $800, installs Windows on it, and sells it for $1000 what impact does that have on our GDP? $1000 growth?

I'm curious to know. But this one is a special case as computers have a "multiplier" associated with them that's on the order of 8 times. So a $1000 PC sale could register as much as $8000 in "GDP growth."
467 posted on 04/12/2004 9:47:31 AM PDT by lelio
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To: lelio
New math...
469 posted on 04/12/2004 10:06:44 AM PDT by Havoc ("The line must be drawn here. This far and no further!")
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