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1/ Since the late 1970s, what has happened to the income gap?

The gap between top earners and everybody else has stayed the same.

The gap between top earners and everybody else has been widening.

The gap between top earners and everybody else has been shrinking.

None of the answers are correct.

2/ According to journalist Timothy Noah, what are the two explanations for the widening income gap?

Group of answer choices

The rise of labor unions.

The decline of labor unions, which represented nearly 40 percent of the workforce in the 1950s but represent just 12 percent today.

Less Americans attend college.

A growing gap between skilled workers with good educations and less-skilled workers who never went beyond high school.

3/ According to the author, what is missing from the whole debate?

Americans should rely on the government for help.

All answers are correct.

Americans should become more self-reliant, and solve their own problems.

The government should implement more policies to help those left behind.

4/ What are the author's suggestions to reduce the income gap?

Group of answer choices

Americans should rely on the government for help.

Americans really need is a set of their own policies for climbing the income ladder and adjusting when things don't work out.

Americans should improve their career and workplace skills.

Americans should all be stress-testing.