Agnes and Tony are discussing whether the United States is an industrial society or a post-industrial society. Tony says that the United States in an industrial society because of the prevalence of mass production and specialized labor. What could Agnes offer as evidence that the United States is post-industrial?

A post-industrial society is characterized by a shift away from manufacturing and toward service work and other jobs requiring specialized knowledge. More students training for service jobs rather than factory work is evidence of that shift, so the best answer is “More students are going to trade or technical schools to learn service jobs, rather than factory work.” The other choices describe agriculture, material costs, or economic ideology, which do not directly show a shift from industrial production to services.

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