Use the Following to Answer Question(s): Income Distribution in the United

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Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer question(s) : Income Distribution in the United States

-The economist Gary Becker concluded that discrimination occurs because of people's:

• A) preferences.
• B) innate meanness.
• C) lack of education.
• D) greed.

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