The owner of a major league baseball team can fire employees for not winning a pennant, have the city build him a new ballpark, and prevent companies that compete against his own team from airing advertisements during the team's televised games. In Max Weber's view, this owner would most likely be considered to have

A. power.
B. class.
C. esteem.
D. status.


A. power.

Sociology

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a. true b. false

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