Why do companies engage in offshoring?
What will be an ideal response?
They can increase profits by paying lower rates for goods and services overseas
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Identify an accurate statement about intergenerational mobility.
A. It provides little chance for advancement. B. It refers to the passing down of wealth from the older generations to the younger generations. C. It is the difference between the wealth, prestige, and power of the older generations compared with that of the younger generations. D. It is movement up or down a social class over two or more generations. E. It is movement up or down a social class hierarchy over one's lifetime.
Which of these statements about representative democracy is false?
a. It is based on the assumption that not all citizens can be actively involved in decision making. b. Representative democracy assumes that officials who do not fulfill the wishes of the majority will not be re-elected. c. The assumption in a representative democracy is that all citizens will be actively involved in all political decisions. d. A representative democracy may be proportional if officials participate to the extent they win votes in the election. e. The United States has the oldest representative democracy in the world.
High-income nations such as the United States grow__________.
A. as much from immigration as from natural increase B. almost entirely from immigration C. almost entirely from natural increase D. by means of demographic transition
In Table 2.1, which community has the higher proportion of Independents?
TABLE 2.1 POLITICAL PARTY MEMBERSHIP IN TWO COMMUNITIES PARTY: COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY B Republican 103 17 Democrats 135 21 Independent 17 15 Socialists 9 11 TOTALS: 264 64 a. Community A b. Community B c. Neither d. This proportion can't be determined from the information given.