The decline of U.S. industry, as well as of industry in other developed countries, has led to the loss of many higher-paying industrial jobs. This has had the overall effect in the United States of ______.

A. an overall increase in income inequality
B. an overall decrease in income inequality
C. no major shifts in income inequality
D. most displaced workers becoming entrepreneurs


Answer: A

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