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What property makes a skill unlike a machine?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which investment most directly builds worker skills?

    Answer: Education

    Why: Spending on schooling acts like capital investment because it boosts lifetime earning potential.

  2. 2 Easy

    Which personal factor is treated as worker capital?

    Answer: Physical health

    Why: Health qualifies as human capital because it directly reduces missed work and extends working years.

  3. 3 Easy

    What skills are valuable across many employers?

    Answer: Transferable skills

    Why: Companies hesitate to fund general skill training because competing firms can poach the worker afterwards.

  4. 4 Easy

    Which economist first added worker skills to capital?

    Answer: Adam Smith

    Why: In 1776, Adam Smith compared an educated person to an expensive machine that repays its high cost through superior output.

  5. 5 Easy

    What main workplace metric rises as skills improve?

    Answer: Productivity

    Why: Skilled workers produce more output in less time, making productivity the core economic return on learning.

  6. 6 Easy

    What happens to human capital as technology advances?

    Answer: Skill depreciation

    Why: Rapid technological shifts can make hard-won techniques obsolete, eroding the value of older expertise.

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