The media presents an image of laid-off workers as passive victims. Researchers have found that this image is
a. an accurate one.
b. a half-truth because unemployed workers also describe structural sources of their economic difficulties.
c. wrong because unemployed workers articulate a clear understanding of structural changes in the economy as the reason for the layoffs.
d. wrong because unemployed workers blame politicians for their layoffs.
b
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to the text, the treatment of immigrants most often fluctuates based on:
A. their skin color. B. whether they are legal or illegal. C. the amount of labor shortage in the country. D. whether they belong to a group perceived to have a higher proportion of illegal immigrants.
Which of the following groups is least likely to live in the suburbs?
a. White families b. Wealthy families c. Poor families d. Immigrants
More money is spent per capita on health care in the United States than in any other country, and life expectancy in the United States is __________
A) the best in the world B) only the second best in the world C) the same as in every other industrialized country D) lower than in many other industrialized countries