Practice question · Fill in the blanks
Complete Bell’s thesis.
In the post-industrial society the key resource is ______ and the dominant sector is ______.
Word bank: knowledge · services · coal · agriculture
Hints
- The thesis names what becomes the strategic asset.
- It also names which workplace replaces the factory.
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In the post-industrial society the key resource is knowledge and the dominant sector is services.
Why
Bell’s 1973 forecast held: theoretical knowledge became the strategic asset, and the office replaced the factory as the typical workplace.
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