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Bernana

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When Marx says capitalism is instrumentally irrational, he means that:
 
  A. to maximize profits, a capitalist must minimize the wages paid to the people intended as consumers.
 
  B. it fails at its central task, the production of goods.
 
  C. capitalists erroneously assume that buyers behave rationally in the market.
 
  D. it requires workers to act against their own interests.
 
  E. it requires capitalists to compete with one another, instead of cooperating.

Question 2

By social relationships of production, Marx means the:
 
  A. complex mutually supportive relations between workers.
  B. proper arrangement of labor needed to avoid alienation.
 
  C. system of relationships connecting those who control the means of production with those who do not.
 
  D. inbred relations between the members of the ruling class.
  E. None of the above



lorealeza

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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