What device that can be used to achieve a task, but not consumed in the process.​

It is called fixed capital.

There are 4 factors of production:

1. Land

2. Labour

3. Physical Capital

4. Human Capital

The 3rd one, i.e., Physical Capital is further divided into 2 categories:

a. Fixed Capital

b. Working Capital

Fixed capital is also used during production, but not consumed. Example: tools, machines

Working capital is consumed in production. Example: Raw material, money

"social stratification refers to the way people are ranked and ordered in society. in western societies, stratification is primarily seen and understood as a result of socioeconomic status, which produces a hierarchy in which access to resources, and possession of them, increases from the lower to the upper strata"

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