The two most important factors contributing to increased productivity in industrialized countries in the twentieth century were:

A. higher relative prices and technological progress.
B. higher relative prices and a larger labor supply.
C. technological progress and increases in the labor supply.
D. technological progress and increases in the capital stock.


Answer: D

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