Question

this is an excerpt from an article published in 2000 about modern - day sweatshops. contrary to what you have heard, sweatshops in third - world countries are a good deal for the people who work in them. why? because work, other than slave labor, is an exchange. a worker chooses a particular job because she thinks herself better off in that job than at her next - best alternative. most of us would regard a low - paying job in nicaragua or honduras as a lousy job. but were not being asked to take those jobs. those jobs are the best options those workers have, or else they would quit and work elsewhere...sweatshops are a normal step in economic development. the author of this article would most likely support what idea from the industrial age? labor strikes minimum wage laws social darwinism progressivism

Explanation:

The author views sweatshops as a normal economic - development step and workers' choice based on self - interest. Social Darwinism applies the concept of natural selection to human society, suggesting that the fittest in economic and social situations succeed. This aligns with the idea that workers in sweatshops are making the best choice available to them in the economic environment. Labor strikes oppose working conditions, minimum wage laws regulate pay, and progressivism aims for social reform, none of which match the author's view.

Answer:

C. Social Darwinism