Lappé and Schurman argue that poor people have a strong incentive to have lots of children. Explain.

What will be an ideal response?


They use a power structures perspective to explain how poor people regard
children as an economic resource. By working in the fields and around the home, children
free up adults and elder siblings to earn outside income.

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