The concept of poverty is culturally determined, and hence people are defined as “poor” in relation to others.

An economy with an expansionary gap will, in the absence of stabilization policy, eventually experience a(n) ________ in the inflation rate, leading to a(n) ________ in output.

A. decrease; increase B. increase; increase C. decrease; decrease D. increase; decrease

The underclass in the United States has expanded over the last several decades as a fraction of the overall population partly because:

A. there has been a substantial amount of well-educated immigrants from Southeast Asia. B. there has been a substantial amount of illegal immigration. C. there has been a substantial movement of Black people into the middle class. D. there are more people in the United States.