What is the relationship between inflation and recession?
What will be an ideal response?
Normally, the economy alternates between relatively long periods of inflation and shorter periods of recession. Not long ago, economists thought that inflation and recession were opposites, but during the 1970s and 80s a combination of the two existed.
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During the U.S. Civil War:
a. the use of cocaine was widespread b. soldiers were regularly given morphine c. few wounded soldiers became drug addicts d. soldiers were diagnosed with aspirin dependency
Although _____ theory has difficulty explaining why upper-class individuals commit crime, differential association theory, a type of _____ theory, is able to do so by characterizing deviance as learned.
A. functionalist; symbolic interaction B. functionalist; conflict C. conflict; symbolic interaction D. symbolic interaction; conflict
It is assumed that Jewish students are clannish. Therefore, no one who is not Jewish invites any Jewish students to socialize with them. Consequently, the Jewish students socialize with one another. This is an example of:
a. institutionalized racism. b. a self-fulfilling prophecy. c. authoritarianism. d. scapegoating.
Which of these is NOT one of the conditions under which countermovements are most likely to develop?
a. the original movement appears to have been moderately successful b. members of a potential new movement are able to find powerful allies c. when individuals feel comfortable in their position d. when individuals feel their status, values, or power has been threatened by the original movement