Karl Marx Defined the Relationship Between Those Who Own the Means

question 43

Multiple Choice

Karl Marx defined the relationship between those who own the means of production and those who make their living by selling their own labor power for a wage as two classes that he referred to as:

• A) status groups and pariahs
• B) sellers and buyers
• C) producers and consumers
• D) the bourgeoisie and the proletariat

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