According to C. Wright Mills, widespread unemployment resulting from changes in the national economy is

a. a personal problem.
b. a public issue.
c. not a social problem since it will be corrected with the next change in the economy.
d. a problem for those who are unemployed but not for other people.


Answer: b

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