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State whether the following actions will increase, decrease, of have no change to GDP:
a. The US legalizes gay marriages
b. An individual sells her house on her own
c. An individual sells his house through a broker
d. Government increases Social Security payments
e. Stock prices rise by 20%
f. An unemployed worker gets a job

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