Ch. 14

According to the textbook, what is the major reason unions are on the decline in the United States today?

Marx described workers as being alienated from:

Some critics claim the Carlyle Group uses insider political knowledge, or ____________, to dominate heavily regulated markets.

Karl has been hired to paint a house blue, but he mixes the color wrong, and it turns out purple instead of blue. Under which wage system(s) would he be responsible for paying for new paint?

Which term refers to the end result of negotiations among multiple players, enforcing rights, imposing sanctions, or encouraging business at a regional or worldwide level?

Postfeminist expectations for family and work today are:

According to the textbook, what characterized the "new markets" that are part of globalization?

If you are a salaried worker and you miss a day of work, how does your salary change?

Under feudalism, what was one of the major resources exchanged among lords, vassals, and serfs?

Monetization refers to:

A union allows workers to join together to promote their:

The rise of large-scale production, the influx of peasants to urban areas to find work, and the rise of a system of wage labor caused the ____________ system to become obsolete in favor of a new system of legal currency.

Arlie Hochschild argues that many workers seek refuge from (the) ____________ in the ____________.

Corporations are considered people because:

In the United States, corporations share many of the same rights as individuals, except corporations:

The Bell Telephone Company, which for decades was the only provider of telephone service in the United States, was a(n):

George lives in fifteenth-century England. He is bound to the land but does not own it. He works the land but must give a portion of his harvest to the landowner. In return, he gets protection from roaming bandits and thieves. George is a:

Marx described workers as being alienated from:

Adam Smith demonstrated with his pin factory example that:

During the agricultural revolution, the enclosure movement caused many former serfs to move to cities in search of work and led to the rise of: