Exam 8: Where Do We Go From Here

More than one in ______ children now live in poverty.

Today the United States could be described as a "high-wage society."

The proportion of Americans living in poverty has decreased.

Profits that are the result of tax loopholes, subsidies, and taxpayer assistance are known as _______.

Feminization of poverty affects which racial class the most?

Big business cannot exist without strong support from the government.

The average wage of the typical male worker has ___________ since the 1970's. This is partly the result of shift to temporary workers in the new economy.

One of the key concepts originally developed by Karl Marx referred to a more or less chronically unemployed or underemployed segment of the population, primarily because of mechanization which renders them "redundant" and hence "superfluous" as far as producing profits is concerned. This segment helps keep wages down and is absorbed back into the general working population when labor is scarce. What is this segment?

Nearly every criminologist agrees that the family is probably the most critical factor related to crime and delinquency.

_________ is a process whereby companies have invested overseas, relocated plants within the United States, or engaged in mergers with other corporations.

Define Marx's concept called the lumpenproletariat.

In recent years workers are producing more for the owners than in the 1970's but earning proportionately less.

The author states that in today's capitalist society life itself has been "commodified." What does he mean by this?

As of early 2003, unemployment has been on the rise.

Male unemployment is the leading cause of the rise in female-headed households.

Surprisingly, the likelihood of dropping out of high school is higher for students from higher-income families than for students from lower-income families.

The last stage of the Industrial Revolution includes ___________.

As of 1990, an estimated 18 percent of full-time workers were classified as living under the official __________.

Today, African-Americans who are poor are far more likely than in earlier years to live in areas where just about everyone else is poor.

Discuss the basic features of capitalism and how it has largely affected African-Americans in the past fifty years.