Explore the relationship between the growth of the service sector in the United States and its impact on the social class structure. Include discussion of the upper class, middle class, working class, and very poor.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Varies. Middle class is shrinking. Upper service sector class is becoming more and more concentrated. Low-wage service sector work growing.
KEY: Learning Objective: 15.1: Describe the three major economic revolutions that have shaped the contemporary world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Information Revolution and Postindustrial Society
Difficulty Level: Hard
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