Which of the Following Measurement(s) Demonstratedthe Growing Inequality in America

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following measurement(s) demonstratedthe growing inequality in America from the mid-1960s to 2012? ​

• A) Some 46.5 million Americans or 15 percent of all Americas remained mired in poverty in 2012, and the poverty rate among Hispanics and African Americans was even higher in 2012.
• B) The top 5 percent of income earners sawtheir share of the national income grow from about 15 percent in 1968 to approximately 22 percent in 2012.
• C) ​The top 1 percent saw their share of national income increase from about 8 percent to approximately 19 percent in 2012.
• D) ​The income earned by chief executives was 20 times as much as the average worker in their corporations; in 2012, they earned 273 times as much as the average company worker.
• E) ​All of these choices are correct.

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