Practice mode Income Inequality

What is the stock of knowledge, skills and talents that people possess called?

Correct answer B. Human capital

Explanation

Economists call people's productive abilities human capital because, like machinery, they are built up through investment in education and training and yield returns over time in higher earnings.

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