A capitalist society is inevitably characterized by

A capitalist society is inevitably characterized by
 
  a. different incomes for the rich and poor.
  b. equality of opportunity regardless of social class background.
  c. equal outcomes for each social class.
  d. symmetrical power between business classes.

Question 2

Tracking students into different types of education according to their ability would, in theory,
 
  a. base social stratification on economic origins
  b. result in a classless system of economic equality
  c. abolish hereditary advantages
  d. emphasize social position at birth

Question 3

According to Russell's article,
 
  Inequality in Europe and the United States, a capitalist economy required formal legal and political equality; its economic structure was based on
   a. inequality between the classes of owners and workers.
   b. equality between the classes of owners and workers.
   c. the control of feudal lords.
   d. direct government oversight of the economic market.

Question 4

__________, as measured by economic success, is strongly influenced by social position at birth.
 
  a. Educational achievement
  b. Equality of opportunity
  c. Economic equality
  d. Legal and political equality

Question 5

Liberals, especially in the United States, optimistically view __________ as the single most important determinant of economic success.
 
  A Educational achievement
   b. Equality of opportunity
   c. Economic equality
   d. Legal and political equality

Question 6

European workers receive __________ of their
 
  income as government-provided goods and services, as compared to those in the United States
   a. none
   b. relatively less
   c. about the same amount of
   d. relatively more

Question 7

According to Russell's article, Inequality in
 
  Europe and the United States, workers in Europe receive relatively more of their income as __________, government-provided goods and services, such as health care and child care.
   a. social wages
   b. flexible benefits
   c. untaxable income
   d. under-the-table pay

Question 8

In his article on class, Aronowitz notes that a growing segment of the population is employed in
 
  a. temporary and part-time jobs.
  b. education.
  c. the financial sector.
  d. jobs with a good amount of upward mobility.