Workers in Large Department Stores Usually Are Paid on Commission

question 47

Multiple Choice

Workers in large department stores usually are paid on commission, which means that they are in direct competition with their fellow employees. According to Karl Marx, this makes them:

• A) part of the industrial revolution.
• B) premodern.
• C) alienated.
• D) knowledge workers.
• E) overpaid.

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