In economics, capital goods or capital are "those durable produced goods that are in turn used as productive inputs for further production" of goods and services. A typical example is the machinery us
A factory and its equipment are examples of capital goods.
Werner Sombart was a German economist, historian and sociologist. Head of the "Youngest Historical School," he was one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of
Sombart
Wirtschaftsleben im Zeitalter des Hochkapitalismus, 1928