Base your answer to question 43 on the passage
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
… The expansion of communications meant that
the world got more deeply connected and
became “flat,” in Thomas Friedman’s famous
formulation. Cheap phone calls and broadband
made it possible for people to do jobs for one
country in another country—marking the next
stage in the ongoing story of capitalism. With the
arrival of big ships in the fifteenth century, goods
became mobile. With modern banking in the
seventeenth century, capital became mobile. In
the 199os, labor became mobile. People could
not necessarily go to where the jobs were, but
jobs could go to where people were. And they
went to programmers in India, telephone
operators in the Philippines, and radiologists in
Thailand. The cost of transporting goods and
services has been falling for centuries. With the
advent [coming] of broadband, it has dropped to
zero for many services. Not all jobs can be
outsourced—not by a long shot—but the effect of
outsourcing can be felt everywhere.…
— Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World,
W. W. Norton & Company, 2008
Which conclusion about the global economy is
best supported by this 2008 passage?
(1) The labor market in Asia relies on child labor.
(2) Technology has decreased the cost of doing
business.
(3) Capitalism has not met the needs of the
working class.
(4) Globalization is creating fewer jobs.
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
… The expansion of communications meant that
the world got more deeply connected and
became “flat,” in Thomas Friedman’s famous
formulation. Cheap phone calls and broadband
made it possible for people to do jobs for one
country in another country—marking the next
stage in the ongoing story of capitalism. With the
arrival of big ships in the fifteenth century, goods
became mobile. With modern banking in the
seventeenth century, capital became mobile. In
the 199os, labor became mobile. People could
not necessarily go to where the jobs were, but
jobs could go to where people were. And they
went to programmers in India, telephone
operators in the Philippines, and radiologists in
Thailand. The cost of transporting goods and
services has been falling for centuries. With the
advent [coming] of broadband, it has dropped to
zero for many services. Not all jobs can be
outsourced—not by a long shot—but the effect of
outsourcing can be felt everywhere.…
— Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World,
W. W. Norton & Company, 2008
Which conclusion about the global economy is
best supported by this 2008 passage?
(1) The labor market in Asia relies on child labor.
(2) Technology has decreased the cost of doing
business.
(3) Capitalism has not met the needs of the
working class.
(4) Globalization is creating fewer jobs.