Cet-6-1.17-Exercise 02Economic inequality is the “defining challenge of our time,” President Barack Obama declared in a speech last month to the Center for American Progress. Inequality is dangerous, he argued, not merely because it doesn’t look good to have a large gap between the rich and the poor, but because inequality itself destroys upward mobility, making it harder for the poor to escape from poverty. “Increased inequality and decreasing mobility pose a fundamental threat to the American Dream,” he said. How does Obama view economic inequality?

A. It is the most malicious social evil of our time.
B. It is a positive response to changed circumstances.
C. It is the biggest obstacle to social mobility.
D. It is an attempt to combat the economic recession.