Karl Marx Referred to the Propensity of Capitalists to Maximize

question 45

Multiple Choice

Karl Marx referred to the propensity of capitalists to maximize profits by reducing wages as the ,which he believed to be one of the inherent contradictions of capitalism that would produce its eventual downfall.

• A)peak syndrome
• B)inflation syndrome
• C)expansion syndrome
• D)falling rate of profit

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