factor of production

基本解释

MGI argues that data are becoming a factor of production, like physical or human capital.
MGI指出數據正在成爲像有形資本、人力資本這類産品的一個因素。
Labor is simply another factor of production to be hired-rented at the lowest possible cost-much as one buys raw materials or equipment.
勞動力不過是爲了生産而雇來的另一個因素--以盡可能低的成本租用--就像是購買原材料或者設備。
In fact, data, and the knowledge extracted from them, may even be on their way to becoming a factor of production in their own right, just like land, labour and capital.
實際上，數據及其從中提取的信息，甚至其本身都即將成爲産品的一個生産因素，地位如土地，勞動力和資本相同。

Capital is only one factor of production: why should people care more that it be British than, for example, the workforce?
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The flaw in Keynesian reasoning is located within the factor of production.
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a resource or input entering the production of wealth, such as land, labour, capital, etc (Also called agent of production)

生産要素
Capital as a special factor of production plays an important role in rural economic growth.
資本作爲一種特殊的生産要素對辳村經濟增長具有重要作用。資本積累需要有良好的投融資運行機制,以此推進儲蓄曏投資的轉化,促進辳村資本的形成。