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Rates of Incarceration Have Been Increasing More Quickly in the United

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Rates of incarceration have been increasing more quickly in the United States than in any other nation. How has mass incarceration lead to what Michelle Alexander calls the new Jim Crow?


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National Income

The total amount of money earned within a country from production and services over a specific time period.

Opportunity Cost

Dismissing potential benefits from other possible choices by focusing on one.

Scarce Resources

Natural or human resources that are limited in supply and cannot fulfill all wants and needs due to their finite availability.

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An idiom expressing the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing; in economics, it refers to the impossibility of getting a benefit without a cost.

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