Module 6

Question 1

In Canada, taxes other than income tax are regressive. Higher income earners are able to shelter part of their income and tend to earn income from sources that are taxed at a lower rate than are wages and salaries. The very rich can take advantage of overseas tax havens. Which of the following is a consequence of these circumstances?

Answer 1

Canada’s tax system is approximately neutral.

Question 2

Which of the following factors account for most of the variation in individual income?

Answer 2

Various forms of capital.

Question 3

According to dependency theorists, which of the following factors maintained dependency in the postcolonial era?

Answer 3

• Substantial foreign investment
• Support for authoritarian government
• Mounting debt

Question 4

A new government is elected. It increases taxes on the wealthy to fund a countrywide system of free, high-quality daycare. Hundreds of thousands of single mothers with small children enter the paid labour force. Income inequality is substantially reduced. Which of the following theorists is/are most likely to regard these events as dysfunctional developments?

Answer 4

Davis and Moore

Question 5

What kind of measure is Statistics Canada’s market basket measure (MBM)?

Answer 5

Absolute and consumption-based

Question 6

define social stratification

Answer 6

the way society is organized in layers

Question 7

define human capital

Answer 7

investment in education and training

Question 8

what is dependency theory?

Answer 8

A variant of conflict theory. holds the idea that global inequality is the result of patterns of domination and submission between rich and poor countries.

Question 9

what is modernization theory?

Answer 9

A variant of functionalism. holds the idea that global inequality results from various dysfunctional characteristics of poor societies.