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 Case in Point titled "Attitudes and Inequality" suggested that:

• A) more Americans than Europeans believe that the poor could become rich with enough hard work.
• B) more Europeans than Americans believe that the poor could become rich with enough hard work.
• C) the majority of both Americans and Europeans believe that the poor could become rich with enough hard work.
• D) the majority of both Americans and Europeans believe that success is based on luck, connections, and corruption.

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