How serious a problem is unemployment today compared to the height of the recession in 2010? What do we mean by a decline in "good" jobs?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The unemployment rate is only 4.1 percent, down from 10 percent in 2010. The lowest rate is for Asians and whites; it is higher for blacks and Hispanics.
2. People are back to work, but not necessarily working at good jobs-jobs that provide retirement benefits, health care benefits, paid sick leave, paid holiday and vacations.
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As societies generate a greater material surplus, their people generally
a. become more socially equal. b. engage in more productive specialization. c. become less warlike. d. become more warlike.
Prior to the __________, there had been no legal limitation on immigration to the United States
a. Immigration Act of 1921 b. Foreign Entrants Act of 1935 c. Alien Act of 1910 d. New Company Act of 1913 e. Strangers from Foreign Shores Act of 1916
Which of these is a significant change in the U. S. workforce?
A. the record numbers of women in the workforce B. the record numbers of immigrants leaving the workplace C. the record numbers of elderly Americans returning to work D. the record numbers of children being forced to work to support their families
Psychologist Carol Gilligan concluded that women and men often have divergent views on_____________________
a. social class b. education c. religion d. morality