Economists use real gdp per capita to measure economic growth: even though nominal gnp per capita is a far superior measure of economic growth. because poor nations have a large population and the population of richer nations is declining. because it is the inflation-adjusted value of a country's production of goods and services corrected for the change in a country's population. because it ignores the effect of price changes. 2. the best available measure of the standard of living in a country is: nominal gdp per capita. the unemployment rate. real gdp per capita. the growth rate of productivity. 3. if a country has a population of 1,000, an area of 100 square miles, and a gdp of $5 million, then its gdp per capita is: $5 million. $500. $50,000. $5,000. 4. if technology improves, then it takes more inputs to produce the same output as the last period. a. true b. false