One of the Key Concepts Originally Developed by Karl Marx

Multiple Choice

One of the key concepts originally developed by Karl Marx referred to a more or less chronically unemployed or underemployed segment of the population, primarily because of mechanization which renders them "redundant" and hence "superfluous" as far as producing profits is concerned. This segment helps keep wages down and is absorbed back into the general working population when labor is scarce. What is this segment?

A) Free market capitalists
B) Commodified capitalist working class
C) Working poor
D) Surplus population/reserve army