The capital accumulation theory of economic growth that economies attain growth through saving invested in increasing the capital resources in the economy fails to take account of which of the following factors?

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The capital accumulation theory of economic growth that economies attain growth through saving invested in increasing the capital resources in the economy fails to take account of which of the following factors?
   
a) For capital accumulation to produce economic growth it has to be the right type of capital that can be applied to the production of goods desired by society.
   
b) The capital created has to be efficient. Savings may be squandered by producing capital goods that consume a lot of resources to produce, produce poor quality goods, or are wasteful of other resources.
   
c) For capital to be productive there must be appropriate infrastructure including transportation and communication systems, banking and legal systems, as well as requisite natural resources and often appropriately skilled labor.
   
d) Societies may still squander the wealth created by capital accumulation and in the long-run limit the growth of the economy.
   
e) All of the above
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