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Many corporations outsource production to China, where the average worker earns about 57 cents per hour. From a world system perspective, this practice represents which one of the following responses to economic stagnation?
 
  a. Secure lowest prices for raw materials needed to make products.
  b. Create new markets.
  c. Improve existing products to make previous versions obsolete.
  d. Find ways to lower labor-associated production costs.

Question 2

Sociologists use the words social status to mean a
 
  a. role.
  b. rank.
  c. relationship status.
  d. position in a social structure.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 1, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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