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Impact of Technological Substitution on Skill Value
For generations, a community has thrived by mining a rare, beautiful stone found only in their local mountains. The miners' specialized skills and knowledge in extracting and finishing this stone are their primary assets. A major corporation develops a new technology that can synthetically produce a stone that is visually and structurally identical to the natural one, but at a fraction of the cost. Explain the likely effect of this technological development on the income value of the miners' specialized skills. Identify the key market dynamic at play.
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