One of the basic characteristics of capitalism is the private ownership of the major means of production— capital. The ownership of large amounts of capital can bring (1) profits, as well as economic and political power. Some recent theorists, (2) , have argued that our society has moved to a new stage of (3) that they call "postindustrial" society. One important change in such a society is that the ownership of (4) amounts of capital is no longer the only or even the most important (5) of profits and influence; knowledge as well as (6) capital brings profits and influence.
There arc many (7) with the thesis above, not the least of (8) is that wealthy capitalists can buy the experts and knowledge they need to keep their profits and influence. But this does not (9) the importance of knowledge in an advanced industrial society, as the (10) of some new industries indicates. (11) ,
A. advantages
B. consequences
C. problems
D. potentials
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