When Hughes and Cain (2011) say that workers lacked an "economic identity" until the middle decades of the 19th century, they mean all of the following except
(a) Earlier in U.S. history, most adults were self-employed and, therefore, did not think of themselves as having common interests with laborers possessing views that workers
should position themselves against employers.
(b) Earlier in U.S. history, production was carried out in shops within the guild structure. The tight relationships among apprentices, journeymen, and master encouraged workers to think of themselves as sharing interests with employers.
(c) The establishment of the factory system and its large size increased the net benefits of separating the interests of the workers and employers.
(d) Earlier in U.S. history, the laws forbade workers from organizing to promote their own interests and, therefore, labor could not achieve a recognized identity.
(d)
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The income elasticity of demand for haircuts is 1.5, and the income elas-ticity of demand for food is 0.14 . You take a weekend job, and the income you have to spend on food and haircuts doubles
If the prices of food and haircuts remain the same, will you double your expenditure on haircuts and double your expenditure on food? Explain why or why not.
Which of the following is a positive, as opposed to a normative, statement?
a. The US Department of Justice should allow a merger between AT&T and T-Mobile because it would have little effect on consumers. b. Antitrust laws should be used to prevent further concentration in the wireless telephone service market. c. The US Department of Justice sued AT&T to block its merger with T-Mobile. d. The wireless telephone service market is too highly concentrated.