Sales tax is considered __________ because it amounts to a larger proportion of a poor person's assets than a rich person's.
A. progressive
B. regressive
C. retrogressive
D. passive aggressive
Answer: B
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a. chi square. b. gamma. c. Pearson's r. d. the partial correlation coefficient.
Which critic of environmental policies notes that a capitalist system creates a "treadmill of production" that necessitates creating an increasing demand for products, obtaining natural resources at minimal cost, and manufacturing products as quickly and cheaply as possible-no matter what the long-term environmental consequences?
A. Paul Ehrlich B. Rachel Carson C. Karl Marx D. Allan Schnaiberg
Common rules of a culture that govern the behavior of people belonging to it are referred to as ______.
A. laws B. beliefs C. norms D. values
Social Security provides what proportion of income for people in the United States?
A. 39 percent B. 59 percent C. 21 percent D. 81 percent