Today people are taken against their will and forced to work as bricklayers in Pakistan or as sex workers in Thailand. According to the textbook, these examples are best described as
a. modern-day slavery.
b. a caste system based on occupation.
c. cheap labor in a capitalist system.
d. the worst occupations in a class system.
Answer: a. modern-day slavery.
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