Mike Believes That Since the Majority of the World's Population

question 29

Multiple Choice

Mike believes that since the majority of the world's population lives in middle-income countries,it stands to reason that middle-income countries are to blame for overconsumption.Why might sociologists critique this idea?

• A)They would note that the world's resources are infinite.
• B)They would respond that human creativity can create synthetic alternatives to replace whatever we might use up due to so-called "overconsumption."
• C)Sociologists would reply that studying the economy is a useless exercise in abstraction-preferring instead to focus on culture.
• D)Sociologists would point out that the high-income countries, despite having fewer people than middle-income countries, consume more resources.
• E)They would suggest that we cannot worry about finitude on the planet with advanced space programs in place to explore other worlds and possibilities.

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