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# Productive Abilities

# Definition

The acquired and useful talents of society's members, acquired through education and apprenticeship, constituting a form of fixed capital that contributes to national wealth through increased productivity.

## Source Chapter

Book II, Chapter 1

## Context

Identified as the fourth component of fixed capital, alongside machines, buildings, and land improvements, highlighting human capital as a productive resource.

## Economic Domain

Production

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