Meritocracy

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Basing yourself on the sociological arguments, data, and evidence we have studied so far this semester (not
your personal opinions or experience), make an argument as to whether (or not) –and/or to what extent–our
society is, indeed, such a meritocracy. What would be the position of Marxists and functionalists on this issue?
You must address all of these issues in order to get full credit for the essay. You must provide evidence in the
form of data and citations from the course material to substantiate your points.
In answering this question, you must make use of the articles by Lareau, Anyon, Engels, and Davis and Moore,
and Tumin. You may also make use of other material covered in the class. You may not use anything other
than the readings, activities, lectures, etc. covered in this course to write your essay. Do not go to About.com,
Study.com, Wikipedia, or any other outside source to write your essay.
Required concepts
Below is a list of concepts that you must use in writing your essay. The concepts must be used in an accurate
and meaningful manner. When you use a concept in the essay, highlight it in bold.
Social structure
Marxism
Social institutions
Functionalism
Socialization
Social mobility
Class
Cultural capital
Organic solidarity
Social capital

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Strategies to improve providing of health care services

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Try to focus on low income communities importance of Understand the population of patients for whom the primary care team is responsible as a strategy in improving the providing of health care and its accessbility
Use the full care team to best meet patient care needs as a strategy in improving the providing of health care and its accessbility
Develop, measure, and improve access services for new patients as a strategy in improving the providing of health care and its accessbility

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What Makes Us Human?

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(NOVA-PBS)
Please watch the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8drAQoLwRwE&feature=youtu.be
You will have to complete a one-paragraph personal summary of the video above. This personal summary will
be submitted as a Microsoft Word document, with double-spaced Times New Roman, 12-pt text, with the
typical header for a college assignment (your name, the name of your professor, the class you are completing
this for, and the date). In the “header” part of your document, write your last name and the page number
justified to the right. Below that header, you will include the bibliographical information of the text, video or
webpage you are summarizing (the way you would do it in a Works Cited page). Below that, you will include a
personal summary. Your personal summary must be your own interpretation of the material assigned, in your
own words, and it may be as short as a 40-word paragraph, but should not exceed one page.

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Elasticity of taxable income

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The economy contains two individuals. Jack and Jill. Each has a utility of U = C — L2/2, where L is the number of hours worked. Jack and Jill earn potentially different wage rates wi. The government imposes a tax rate of t on income. so that the tax bill of individual i is twiLi. ades the revenue it collects-inalk and gives it hack to Jack and Jill in the form of a lump-stun transfer.
a. Find the labor supply functions for both Jack and Jill. h. Use this answer to find government revenue and the size of the transfer. c. What is the elasticity of taxable income with respect to the net-of-tax rate? d. What tax rate maximizes government revenue? e. What tax rate would maximize a utilitarian social welfare function?

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