Which of the following statements about the minimum wage in the U.S. is accurate?
A. Higher-income workers charge that minimum wage workers are often guilty of wage theft.
B. The purchasing power of the minimum wage tends to shrink over time.
C. Proponents of the minimum wage often refer to it as a "living wage" to make it sound more attractive.
D. Economists are in majority agreement that increases in the minimum wage tend to cause the economy to shed very large numbers of jobs.
B. The purchasing power of the minimum wage tends to shrink over time.
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a. 5; 12 b. 50; 15 c. 12; 5 d. 15; 50
The boundaries between these are discrete, that is, sharply drawn:
A) classes B) social ranks C) castes D) all of the above
According to Dunn's "Intimate Stalking: Characteristics and Consequences," which of
the following is an example of compliance? a. accepting a phone call from the stalker b. calling the police c. getting a restraining order. d. changing residences
Structural pluralism exists when groups have not acculturated and each maintains its own identity.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)