Marx viewed profits as the portion of labor's productivity that is retained by the capitalist, essentially the surplus value generated by workers that is not paid back to them as wages but kept by the capitalist. This concept is central to his critique of capitalism, where he argues that the capitalist system exploits workers by paying them less than the value of what they produce.

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To Marx,profits Were

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To Marx,profits were

A) a reward for risk bearing.
B) a measure of capital's productive activity.
C) a social dividend arising from the capitalist's efficiency.
D) a measure of the surplus value created by capital.
E) that part of labor's productivity the capitalist retains.

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