The Gap Between Rich and Poor Widened in the 1980s

question 17

Multiple Choice

The gap between rich and poor widened in the 1980s and 1990s for all of the following reasons except

• A) intensifying global economic competition.
• B) the decline of labor unions.
• C) tax policies of the Carter and Clinton administrations.
• D) the shrinking number of unskilled manufacturing jobs.
• E) the greater economic rewards for education.

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