Author Question: Which of the following is a characteristic of the capitalist system that contributes to the ... (Read 29 times)

faduma · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Which of the following is a characteristic of the capitalist system that contributes to the persistence of poverty?

A) Employers keeping wages so low that many full-time workers live below the poverty line
B) The practice of ensuring high wages, which requires that there be a surplus of unemployed laborers
C) Employers making investment decisions while consulting their employees
D) Corporate profits being diverted into employee retirement programs, so they do no good immediately.

Question 2

When the social arrangements and accepted ways of doing things in society disadvantage minority groups, it is known as __________.

A) individual discrimination
B) blaming the victim
C) institutional discrimination
D) the feminization of discrimination