Many Industrial Workers Have Been Unemployed and Left Without the Skills

question 80

Multiple Choice

Many industrial workers have been unemployed and left without the skills required in a knowledge-based economy because of:

• A) new social problems, such as long-term unemployment
• B) new types of education that train workers for the knowledge economy
• C) long-standing employment patterns
• D) global trade and new forms of technology
• E) declining enrollment in institutions of higher education

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