Wealth inequality persists across generations due, in part, to assortative mating

A public choice is

A) a decision that affects one person. B) a decision that affects no one. C) a decision made in public. D) a decision that affects an entire society.

Which of the following statements is NOT true during the colonial years, according to Hughes and Cain (2011)?

(a) Labor organizations were considered, by law, criminal conspiracies against society. (b) Colonial society provided for its aged and sick poor; others had to work. (c) Efforts to control wages and prices by governmental authority were present. (d) Compulsory labor applied only to slaves and indentured servants. (e) Idle persons were frequently jailed for the crime of having no visible means of support.