Foxconn currently employs 1.2 workers in China to make Apple iPads and other electronic devices. The company plans to replace human hands with robotic "hands" as early as 2013 . Robots will save labor costs of between $175 and $200 per month per employee. The plan points to ____________ as an age of change
a. pursuit of profit c. globalization
b. planned obsolescence d. conflict
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