Steven Cunningham explains in his "Myths of the Rich and poor" how it could be that inflation-adjusted household income
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Steven Cunningham explains in his "Myths of the Rich and poor"
how it could be that inflation-adjusted household income fell 4.5
per cent from 2000 to 2009 while consumer spending increased 22.4
percent. He asks "How could people dramatically increase spending
on shrinking paychecks?" Which of the following does he cite to
account for that paradox? Group of answer choices paychecks weren't
shrinking; instead the number of individuals per household were
shrinking. Households got smaller as more people divorced, or
rejected or delayed marriage. Income distribution data can be very
misleading. all of the above
Flag question: Question 27 Question 271 pts In objecting to the
ways in which mass media describes how income is distributed,
Cunningham offers which of the following as justification to reject
their claims that, for example, the top 20 percent of U.S.
households receives roughly 50 percent of total income, while the
bottom 20 percent receives less than 4 percent? Group of answer
choices That the top 20 percent has been exploiting the American
population. The the bottom 20 percent of the population simply
hasn't been productive, preferring to collect unemployment
compensation to working. That the top 20 percent of the population
is more productive than the bottom 20 percent. That the top 20
percent of the population includes four times as many workers as
the bottom 20 percent.
Flag question: Question 28 Question 281 pts Steven Horowitz
("Data Overlook Upward Mobility") takes issue with the age old
adage "The rich get richer while the poor get poorer" . Which if
the following does he cite as proof that it isn't true? Group of
answer choices That the data show that there has not been any
long-term upward trend in the percent of poor people. That the vast
majority of American households do move up. Simply comparing poor
Americans of today to poor Americans of yesteryear makes no sense
because the poor Americans of yesteryear are actually the middle
class Americans of today. That the bottom fifth of poor people in
2005 are not the same people as those that occupied the bottom
fifth in 1979. All of the above Flag question:
Question 29 Question 291 pts According to Janny Scott and David
Leonhardt ("Shadowy Lines That Still Divide") which of the
following explains why it is so difficult to talk about and study
social class? Group of answer choices The word "class" means very
different things to different people, making it a problem to
evaluate each of the many meanings people use. Sociologists have
collected very little data to help describe the term carefully.
Americans are simply not interested in discussing social class with
anyone. Most Americans do not want their private lives explored at
all. all of the above
Flag question: Question 30 Question 301 pts Class systems differ
from caste systems in that one’s status in a class system may be ,
to some extent, while in a caste system it is not possible. Group
of answer choices ascribed achieved dangerous assigned at birth
Flag question: Question 31 Question 311 pts Which of the
following are used as measurements for the degree of upward or
downward social mobility? Group of answer choices intergenerational
Mobility Income Distribution Structural Mobility Intragenerational
Mobility all of the above Flag question: Question 32
how it could be that inflation-adjusted household income fell 4.5
per cent from 2000 to 2009 while consumer spending increased 22.4
percent. He asks "How could people dramatically increase spending
on shrinking paychecks?" Which of the following does he cite to
account for that paradox? Group of answer choices paychecks weren't
shrinking; instead the number of individuals per household were
shrinking. Households got smaller as more people divorced, or
rejected or delayed marriage. Income distribution data can be very
misleading. all of the above
Flag question: Question 27 Question 271 pts In objecting to the
ways in which mass media describes how income is distributed,
Cunningham offers which of the following as justification to reject
their claims that, for example, the top 20 percent of U.S.
households receives roughly 50 percent of total income, while the
bottom 20 percent receives less than 4 percent? Group of answer
choices That the top 20 percent has been exploiting the American
population. The the bottom 20 percent of the population simply
hasn't been productive, preferring to collect unemployment
compensation to working. That the top 20 percent of the population
is more productive than the bottom 20 percent. That the top 20
percent of the population includes four times as many workers as
the bottom 20 percent.
Flag question: Question 28 Question 281 pts Steven Horowitz
("Data Overlook Upward Mobility") takes issue with the age old
adage "The rich get richer while the poor get poorer" . Which if
the following does he cite as proof that it isn't true? Group of
answer choices That the data show that there has not been any
long-term upward trend in the percent of poor people. That the vast
majority of American households do move up. Simply comparing poor
Americans of today to poor Americans of yesteryear makes no sense
because the poor Americans of yesteryear are actually the middle
class Americans of today. That the bottom fifth of poor people in
2005 are not the same people as those that occupied the bottom
fifth in 1979. All of the above Flag question:
Question 29 Question 291 pts According to Janny Scott and David
Leonhardt ("Shadowy Lines That Still Divide") which of the
following explains why it is so difficult to talk about and study
social class? Group of answer choices The word "class" means very
different things to different people, making it a problem to
evaluate each of the many meanings people use. Sociologists have
collected very little data to help describe the term carefully.
Americans are simply not interested in discussing social class with
anyone. Most Americans do not want their private lives explored at
all. all of the above
Flag question: Question 30 Question 301 pts Class systems differ
from caste systems in that one’s status in a class system may be ,
to some extent, while in a caste system it is not possible. Group
of answer choices ascribed achieved dangerous assigned at birth
Flag question: Question 31 Question 311 pts Which of the
following are used as measurements for the degree of upward or
downward social mobility? Group of answer choices intergenerational
Mobility Income Distribution Structural Mobility Intragenerational
Mobility all of the above Flag question: Question 32