Multiple Choice
The constant effort to maximize profits, which is the basic tenet of capitalism, promotes poverty in this/these way(s) :
A) Employers are constrained to pay their workers the least possible in wages and benefits.
B) It is beneficial for the ownership class to maintain surplus of laborers because the surplus depresses wages.
C) Employers make investment decisions based on what will maximize profit and without regard for their employees.
D) All of the above
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