According to the idea of "black middle-class fragility," the black-white economic gap is largely attributable to:
a. marginal and tenuous second-class socioeconomic status.
b. low levels of motivation among blacks.
c. the widespread availability of welfare.
d. differences in occupation, housing, income, and education.
a
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Explanations for the higher than normal sex ratios in China include
A) gender-specific abortion. B) the underreporting of male births. C) male infanticide. D) all of the above three.
If spending patterns do not change, by 2030 expenditures for Social Security and Medicare are expected to consume roughly 50% of the entire gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A mass society is one that ________
a. has expanding bureaucracy. b. is affluent in terms of economic production. c. has lost much of its traditional social ties. d. All of these responses are correct.
According to the text, increased economic globalization has
A. expanded the system of capitalism. B. eliminated hunger in third-world countries. C. decreased poverty throughout the world by redistributing profits of the world system to have-not countries. D. created hospitals, roads, and other social services to improve life in underdeveloped countries.