Indira is a corporate CEO. Max is a janitor at a strip mall. New research on inequality trends from 1990 to 2002 suggests that for every dollar someone like Max earns, someone like Indira earns about:

a.) $1.
b.) $28.
c.) $100.
d.) $18,000.


Answer: d.) $18,000.

Sociology

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