27. How does the US compare to other advanced industrial nations in terms of ec

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27. How does the US compare to other advanced industrial nations in terms of ec inequality? a. The US used to have more inequality but now it has less inequality than most other advanced industrial nations b. The US has significantly more inequality than any other advanced industrial nation. c·The US has about the same inequality as any other advanced industrial nation. d. The US has significantly less inequality than any other advanced industrial nation. 28. Which of the following is NOT true about poverty in the US today? a. Children are more likely to be poor than adults or the elderly. b. Most African Americans are poor. c. There are more poor whites than poor people of other racial-ethnic groups. d. Low education is a strong predictor of poverty 29. "Ethnic work" is: a. The things we do to diminish our ties to a particular ethnicity b. The things we do to identify with a particular ethnicity c. The way d. The ways domi s immigrants assimilate into dominant culture inant groups discriminate against ethnic groups

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27) The correct choice is b

Explanation : - United States has more inequality than any other advanced industrial nations mainly due to the fact that taxes and transfers do not redistribute income to the same degree.

28) The correct choice is c

Explanation : - Poverty Poverty rates in the United States are significantly higher for racial and ethnic minorities than for the white.

29) The correct choice is b

Explanation : - Ethnic work refers to activities to discover, enhance, or maintain ethnic and racial identification.

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