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According to Marx_____________?

Correct answer: B. an excess of the working-class population depends on the availability of employment opportunities not on fixed supply of food.

  • A. an economic crisis in the capitalist system would force factory owners into the ranks of the unemployed
  • B. an excess of the working-class population depends on the availability of employment opportunities not on fixed supply of food.
  • C. the problems associated with population growth are a function of the scarcity of wealth
  • D. self-control would restrain population growth.

Explanation

Marx rejected Malthus's idea that population pressure is determined by a fixed food supply; he linked surplus population to the capitalist demand for labour. Thus, the size of the working-class surplus depends on employment opportunities.

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