When Political Scientists and Economists Say That the U

question 11

Multiple Choice

When political scientists and economists say that the U.S. economy has been "financialized" over the past generation, they most nearly mean that

• A) ATMs are in greater use than ever before.
• B) more citizens are using banks than ever before.
• C) more than 90 percent of the U.S. population now owns stock in a large corporation.
• D) fewer people than ever before are paying for things in cash.
• E) the business of moving money around has increased in importance compared with the manufacture and production of goods.

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Definitions:

Convergence

The coming together of various factors or phenomena to produce a combined effect, or the ability of the eyes to simultaneously turn inward to focus on an object.

Perception

The process by which sensory information is interpreted and understood by the brain, leading to an awareness or understanding of the environment.

Bottom-up Processing

An approach to information processing based on incoming data from the environment to form a perception.

Binocular Disparity

Binocular Disparity is the difference in images seen by the left and right eyes, which the brain interprets to perceive depth, contributing to our three-dimensional vision.