Is GDP a good measure of economic activity and well being?

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Economics - Macro-economics, general, grade: 1,4, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh (School of Management and Languages), language: English, abstract: Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. GDP as a measure of economic activity and well being 3. Problems which arise by comparing GDP across countries 4. Conclusion 5. List of references 1. Introduction Th...