Marxists Argue That "The Reserve Army of Labour"-The Unemployed-Enhances the Profitability

question 12

Multiple Choice

Marxists argue that "the reserve army of labour"-the unemployed-enhances the profitability of capital. This argument is consistent with which of the following explanations of poverty?

• A) economic-organization explanation
• B) social-policy explanation
• C) ideology explanation
• D) individual-level explanation

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Median

The middle value in a list of numbers sorted in ascending or descending order, or the mean of the two middle numbers if the list has an even number of values.

Middle Value

Also known as the median, it is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, array, or distribution.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set, representing the most common or popular response in a collection of data.

Frequently Occurring

Happening or appearing in a pattern that repeats often within a given time frame.