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> if you and me are living on an uninhabited island and grow/catch all of our food for consumption, our GDP is $0

No. The imputed value of goods produced for self-consumption is included in GDP calculations.

The UN SNA term of art is own final consumption: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/docs/SNA2008.pdf



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