Exam 12: Problems of Work and the Economy

In 1960,at the height of union influence in the United States,about 27 percent of employees in the private sector were members of trade unions.Today,about __________ percent are union members.

Which area remains the most dangerous work environment in the United States?

Most of the new white-collar jobs that have been created are in which occupational group?

What are the major problem aspects of work? How do they affect other aspects of social life?

According to NIOSH,stress can be alleviated by ensuring that __________.

After the global financial crisis of 2008,unemployment rates in the United States were __________.

A study of bankruptcies in the United States disproved a number of common myths,determining that __________.

Many social scientists argue that after the shift from manufacturing to service work,the single most significant trend in the labor force in the twentieth century was the __________.

As a category among blue-collar workers in the United States,__________ have DECREASED as a percentage of the blue-collar workforce.

Many workers experience short spells of unemployment;they may be temporarily laid off from a factory job due to factors such as seasons of the year or temporary responses of employers to falling demand for their products.Economists call this "__________ unemployment."

The text indicates that perhaps the most serious flaw of a consumer society involves __________.

The text identifies the formation of a/an __________ as one major way of minimizing the risk to an entrepreneur.

__________ refers to equipment of all kinds and to hourly or salaried labor.

A capitalist who creates a new business venture is known as a/an __________.

Singer,United Fruit,and Firestone are all American-based examples of __________.

Which of the following is/are a/an important consequence(s)of unemployment?

__________ means that only the assets of the corporation are liable to seizure in the case of economic failure or wrongdoing.

In attempting to determine who was to blame for the 2008 housing bubble and the subsequent economic recession,all of the arguments below have been made,EXCEPT _______.

Sociologists Stanley Aronowitz and William DiFazio argue that for millions of people in the older Western industrial nations,which are experiencing a combination of high rates of job elimination through automation and extensive exporting of less-skilled work to low-wage regions of the world,there will be what they refer to as a/an __________.

According to the text,among the drawbacks to a consumer-based economy is/are __________.