Dependency Theorists Suggest That Multinational Corporations Are Just a New

question 17

Multiple Choice

Dependency theorists suggest that multinational corporations are just a new form of neocolonialism that is aimed at supplying the Western world with natural resources and cheap labor. These corporations, rather than helping the populace, actually intensify many of the problems of Third World countries by __________.

• A) making it impossible to get cheap food and adequate housing
• B) creating benefits for a wealthy elite and a small middle class while allowing the vast majority of the population to remain in poverty
• C) establishing a strong lower class that eventually overthrows the ruling elite in the country
• D) flaunting all of the modern conveniences that the majority of people cannot afford