In the United States, the Lines Between Social Classes Are

question 162

True/False

In the United States, the lines between social classes are not fixed and rigid, but people can only drop to a lower social class and not move up into a higher one.

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Definitions:

Winner-Take-All Markets

Markets in which the top performers are able to capture a very large share of the rewards, and the rest are left with very little.

Substitution Effect

The economic understanding that as prices rise or incomes decrease, consumers will replace more expensive items with less costly alternatives.

Income Effect

The Income Effect refers to the change in an individual's or economy's income and how that change will affect the quantity demanded of a good or service.

Substitution Effect

the component of the total effect of a price change on consumption that results from the consumer substituting the good that has become relatively cheaper for the good that has become relatively more expensive.