Social scientists Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen identified a group of Americans who are consistently overlooked by government policies. They call this group the near poor because these families
a. earn a middle-class income but can only afford homes in or adjacent to poor neighborhoods.
b. lost almost all of their inherited wealth during the 2007–2009 recession.
c. earn middle-class incomes but spend more than they make.
d. have earnings that put them above the poverty line but below the middle class.
Answer: d. have earnings that put them above the poverty line but below the middle class.
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a) phenomenal reality b) social reality c) organizational imperative d) organizational dysfunction
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