Dalrymple makes each of the following claims in What is Poverty? EXCEPT:
a. Poverty in contemporary England is NOT of the same magnitude and degree as it is in the Third World.
b. The kind of poverty from which the English suffer is not material but spiritual poverty.
c. Poverty in contemporary England is caused primarily by poor lifestyle choices rather than by a lack of means.
d. Income redistribution by the welfare state has succeeded in eliminating poverty.
Ans: d. Income redistribution by the welfare state has succeeded in eliminating poverty
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_________________________: Obligation toward society assumed by business
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