It Is Often Said That You Can Always Tell a Millionaire

question 66

Multiple Choice

It is often said that you can always tell a millionaire by her shoes. She may dress like a slob in every other respect, but someone from the upper class is bound to have expensive, custom-made footwear. Whether this is true or not, it helps demonstrate the way we:

• A) are always constrained by structural elements of society to think in predetermined ways.
• B) try to "better ourselves" by increasing the amount of cultural capital we possess.
• C) allow relative levels of prestige to determine our class status.
• D) make split-second judgments about who people are and what social status they occupy based on their appearances.
• E) surrender to the impersonal forces of the market.

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Deferred Tax Liability

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