Capitalism is more economically productive than socialism, and capitalism also creates greater economic inequality
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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Which of the following statements regarding Karl Marx's and Frederick Engels's views on overpopulation is FALSE? a. The food supply is threatened by overpopulation
b. Overpopulation occurs because capitalists desire to have a surplus of workers so as to suppress wages and force workers to be more productive. c. Poverty is the most important issue with regard to food supply in a capitalist economy. d. Technology makes it possible to produce the food and other goods needed by a growing population.
Widows and widowers now have greater help coping with their new roles because:
a. there is a decline in the rate of widowhood. b. they are usually in a nursing home surrounded by others like them. c. there is more understanding and empathy through programs. d. they are more likely to remarry than in the past.
Which of the following is a critique of Davis and Moore’s structural functional explanation of inequality? Select all, but only those that apply.
a. In arguing the privilege need their rewards to enhance all of society, the explanation perpetuates social inequality. b. It assumes just because society has been unequal in the past; it must continue to be so in the future. c. There are many examples of rewards being disjuncture from importance; many lower paying positions (like garbage collectors) are extremely important. d. There may not be a scarcity of people capable of filling high-level positions; only a scarcity of structural opportunity for more people to do so. e. People could be motivated by things other than power, prestige, and income.
The appearance and disappearance of particular racial labels and categories reflect:
A. the visibility and value of certain groups in society. B. the formation of new identities through assimilation. C. the extinction of particular racial groups through intermarriage. D. the scientific discovery of new races.