In Recent Years, the Service Sector of the U

question 71

Multiple Choice

In recent years, the service sector of the U.S. economy has

• A) grown much more rapidly than the manufacturing sector.
• B) become the low-wage sector of the U.S. economy.
• C) achieved extremely high productivity gains according to government reports.
• D) focused less on quality and more on reducing costs of production.

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