According to Marx_____________?
Correct answer: D. 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. self-control would restrain population growth.
- C. the problems associated with population growth are a function of the scarcity of wealth
- D. an excess of the working-class population depends on the availability of employment opportunities not on fixed supply of food.
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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