Read the Following Excerpt Before Answering the Next Question

question 38

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt before answering the next question. I spent a lot of time working on globalization when I was president,coming to terms with the fundamental fact of interdependence that goes far beyond economics: open borders,easy travel,easy immigration,free flow of money as well as people,products,and services.I tried to figure out how to maximize the dynamism of global interdependence and still broaden its impact in terms of economics and opportunity.The one thing that I am quite sure of is that interdependence is not a choice,it's not a policy,it is the inevitable condition of our time.So,divorce is not an option....
Therefore,the mission of the moment clearly is to build up the positive and reduce the negative forces of global interdependence in a way that enables us to keep score in the right way.Are people going to be better off,will our children have a better chance,will we be more united than divided?
Former President Bill Clinton,speech at Guildhall,London,2006
The excerpt above best serves as evidence of

• A) economic instability generated by U.S.integration into the world economy.
• B) concerns about climate change and economic consumption on the environment.
• C) the stagnation in wages for the middle class.
• D) a surge in migration to the United States from regions that had not been heavily represented in previous migrations.

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