Risk-Taking Contributes to Income Inequality Because

question 25

Multiple Choice

Risk-taking contributes to income inequality because:

• A)regardless of the size of the risk, the returns of risk-taking remain fairly constant
• B)the rewards from risk-taking fluctuate widely
• C)all risk-takers are characteristically high-income earners
• D)all risk-takers face the threat of bankruptcy
• E)all risk-takers receive financial help from governments

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Definitions:

Neurocrine

Relating to or denoting the release of neurotransmitters or neurohormones from neurons to act on target cells nearby or within the same tissue.

Paracrine

This term describes a type of cell signaling in which the target cell is close to the signal-releasing cell.

Neurotransmitter

Any specific chemical agent released by a presynaptic cell on excitation that crosses the synaptic cleft and stimulates or inhibits the postsynaptic cell.

Autocrine

A mode of hormone action where a cell targets itself, releasing and responding to its own secreted molecules.