What is the “paradox of a positional economy?”

a) 1% of the world owns 95% of the world’s wealth.
b) Treadmills of production and consumption push individuals in contradictory
directions.
c) Treadmills of consumption speed up as more people purchase more.
d) Levels of consumption are constantly devalued as more people attain them
due to general economic growth.


d) Levels of consumption are constantly devalued as more people attain them
due to general economic growth.

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_______________ is the fastest growing branch within Christianity.

a. Modernism b. Renewalism c. Secularization d. Traditionalism e. Religious fundamentalism

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Adiabatic processes:

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If you are going to study where immigrants are likely to live when arriving to Paris, what model would you likely use?

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