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If a government invests in education, its citizens' productivity will increase. If citizens' productivity increases, the country's GDP will grow. Therefore, a government investment in education is sufficient to ensure GDP growth.
Which one of the following, if true, most undermines the argument?
- A severe contraction in global trade can hold GDP flat or shrink it even while domestic productivity is climbing.
- The productivity gains from investing in education frequently take decades to become apparent.
- A few individual citizens fail to grow more productive even after benefiting from publicly funded schooling.
- Certain resource-rich nations achieve strong GDP growth despite spending very little on education.
- Government investment in education is the single most reliable lever any nation can pull to expand its economy.
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