From 2000 to 2015, 5 million U.S. manufacturing workers lost their jobs. As a result,
A. other sectors of the economy expanded and absorbed many of those individuals who had lost their jobs.
B. the U.S. economy is worse off because those people have lost their incomes and the government has lost the tax revenue from their incomes.
C. the U.S. economy shrank, and the well-being of the average American declined.
D. the overall unemployment rate in the United States increased.
Answer: A
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