The sociological imagination is the capacity to think systematically about how the many things that we experience as personal problems are really social issues that are widely shared by others born in a similar time and social location as us.

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Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.