Unemployment that occurs from fundamental technological changes in production, or from the substitution of new goods for customary ones, is known as

a. underemployment
b. seasonal unemployment
c. frictional unemployment
d. structural unemployment
e. cyclical unemployment


D

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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