Author Question: The __________ is a transnational government that coordinates monetary, trade, immigration, and ... (Read 27 times)

ENagel · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

The __________ is a transnational government that coordinates monetary, trade, immigration, and labor policies so that its member nations have become one economic unit with a common currency known as the euro.

Fill in the blanks with correct word

Question 2

How does the U.S. Census Bureau determine the poverty line? Explain how this official statistic is calculated, and describe how scholars today believe it should be adjusted.

What will be an ideal response?

jackie · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

European Union (EU)

Answer to Question 2

An ideal response will:
1, Define the American poverty line as the income threshold below which people are considered poor, based on what a family must spend for an austere standard of living (traditionally set at three times the cost of a subsistence diet). The federal government adopted this formula as its official measure of the poverty threshold in the mid-1960s and has continued to update the formula every year by factoring in inflation.
2, Though the formula was not designed to be permanent, many scholars now believe it is too little to live on because the relative cost of food has decreased compared to other living expenses.