post-industrialadjective
uk/ˌpəʊst.ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us/ˌpoʊst.ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/belonging or relating to an economy that is no longer based on heavy industry, such as the making of large machines:
Service industries such as tourism have become more important in the post-industrial age.
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Economics
- autarchy
- broad money
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- credit crunch
- depressed
- downturn
- economics
- expenditure
- GDP per capita
- GNI
- hyperinflation
- market forces
- mixed economy
- pecuniary
- protectionism
- retail price index
- spending
- stall
- trade figures
- upturn
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