Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Members of the working class have high rates of political participation.
2. The postindustrial economy tends toward occupational polarization.
3. Manufacturing is still an important part of the U.S. economy, but computers and robots have decreased the need for unskilled labor.
4. The Age of Growing Inequality seems to be coming to a close with the end of the Great Recession.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
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