Karl believes that poverty is inherent in

capitalism. The drive for profit works to ensure that some people will always be poor, he says. This is known as __________.

A) structural theory
B) institutional discrimination theory
C) a culture-of-poverty hypothesis
D) a political economy approach to poverty


Answer: D

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