Which of the following statements about the upper class in the United States is correct?
a. It consists of about 25 percent of the population.
b. Over the past several years the wealth of the upper class have enjoyed dramatic increases
c. There is fairly easy movement into the upper class from other classes.
d. The richest members of the upper class control 37 percent of all personal wealth in the United States.
B
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a. true b. false
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