Sociologist Herbert Gans claimed that inequality benefits __________.

A. everyone by making society more productive
B. rich people by ensuring there is a supply of poor people willing to do almost any job, no matter how unpleasant
C. bureaucrats by expanding government assistance programs
D. corporations because poor people are a profitable market


Answer: B

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