8. (10 points) Is it time to redistribute income and wealth or to reduce poverty in the USeconomy? Take a position and through the lens of economics argue which one is the uppermostissue to tackle and why?

Question 7 – 10 refer to the following diagram, in which Wb/Ww is the ratio of the black wage rate to the white wage rate:

What were the exceptions to equal Pay Act of 1963.

Assume that all workers are equally productive, but that white wages are $14 and black wages are $10. An employer who employs only white workers has a discrimination coefficient of:

Conservatives blamed ___________ welfare program for a whole host of “pathologies of the poor” and cited encouragement of “welfare dependency”, “encouragement of out-of-wedlock births,” encouragement of family dissolution” among others.

Consider the following statements about poverty and income in the United States according to BLS Census data 2024.(1)  Poverty rate in the US is 10.6%.(2)  About 35.9 million people in the US are in poverty.(3)  Median earnings for full time white males is less than black males and white femalesWhich of the above statements are true?

The index of segregation for this economy is:

Minimum wage, Union wage, and Efficiency Wage all impact the labor market by:    

Which of the following required equal treatment for all persons in hiring, firing, promotion, and compensation decisions?

Immigrants in the U.S. use the welfare programs at a ________________ rate than native born Americans