According to Holzer and colleagues, the economic cost of poverty to the U.S. economy amounts to around _____ per year
a. $500 million
b. $250 billion
c. $500 billion
d. $ 3 trillion
Answer: c. $500 billion
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a. health maintenance organization (HMO) b. socialized medicine c. private fee system d. capitalist medicine
Which sociological perspective argues that competition for scarce resources results in significant political, economic, and social inequality?
A. functionalist perspective B. conflict perspective C. interactionist perspective D. feminist perspective
Which is the correct order for Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
a. safety, belongingness, physiological, esteem, self-actualization b. physiological, safety, belongingness, esteem, self-actualization c. physiological, esteem, self-actualization, safety, belongingness d. self-actualization, safety, belongingness, physiological, esteem e. self-actualization, safety, belongingness, esteem, physiological
People who recognize and articulate their class position are ______.
A. less likely to promote their class interests B. more likely to promote their class interests C. less likely to promote the use of revolution D. more likely to promote the use of revolution