Which of the Books Listed Below Was Not an Early

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which of the books listed below was not an early 20ᵗʰ-century exposé of political or business corruption?

• A) Steffens' The Shame of the Cities
• B) Tarbell's The History of the Standard Oil Company
• C) Sinclair's The Jungle
• D) Woodward and Bernstein's All The President's Men

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The proportion of net income that is retained by a corporation rather than distributed to its shareholders as dividends.

Retained Earnings

The portion of a company's profits not distributed to shareholders as dividends and retained for reinvestment or debt repayment.

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