A Major Flaw in the Argument That Poverty Causes Terrorism

question 64

Multiple Choice

A major flaw in the argument that poverty causes terrorism is that

• A) few terrorist leaders have come from conditions of poverty.
• B) terrorists groups have yet to change the economic system.
• C) those living in poverty always hope their economic circumstances will improve.
• D) poverty makes people more willing to suffer rather than revolt.

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Definitions:

Stock of the Economy

The stock of the economy refers to the total value of all assets and investments available within an economy at a given time.

Expected Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount by which an asset's return is expected to deviate from its average return, used as an indicator of the risk associated with the asset.

Probability Distribution

A function used in statistics to illustrate all potential outcomes and their respective probabilities for a random variable within a fixed range.

Stock of the Economy

This term typically refers to the total value of all goods and resources available in an economy at a given point in time.