Which of the following fossil fuel-driven activities is a result of the McDonaldization of society?
a. Drive-through services contribute to increased fuel consumption as queued cares idle while drivers wait to pick up products.
b. The energy to manufacture, deliver, operate, and eventually haul away appliances and other products after they become obsolete comes from burning fossil fuels.
c. Humans use fossil fuel–powered trains, cars, buses, boats, planes, phones, and the Internet to deliver people, products, services, and information across national borders.
d. The energy necessary to manufacture the hardware and to run the Internet and the billions of computers, servers, and mobile devices it connects comes from fossil fuels.
a
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a. their own personal experience b. the experience of others c. both their own personal experience and those of others d. being placed in institutions to control them
Why did Japan take the lead in steel production? All of the following are reasonable explanations EXCEPT:
a. Demand declined in the industrialized countries. b. The Japanese are inherently superior steelworkers. c. The American steel plants failed to invest in the latest technologies. d. Steel is hard to transport. e. Steel is vertically integrated with iron ore and coal mining.
Why did the negative income tax experiment lead to more women leaving their marriages?
a.) People could make earnings from a low-wage job stretch further because they paid less income tax, making some women feel financially independent enough to leave their husbands. b.) Two single people received a larger amount than a married couple, so the financial incentive motivated couples to split up to earn more money. c.) The guaranteed payment that people received through the program meant that many women were no longer financially dependent on a man. d.) A larger percentage of men than women took their guaranteed payment and essentially "blew through it" quickly, so to have more control over their money, some women found it better to leave their husbands.
In Japan, secondary workers are most likely to be
a. immigrants. b. union members. c. women. d. married men. e. workers in large corporations.