From Class Counts by Erik Olin Wright
Wright lays out a typology of class that is informed by both Marx and Weber. He is particularly interested in finding a "location" for categories of individuals who are not incorporated in classic Marxian formulations, namely, employees with varying amounts of job authority and skills/expertise as well as categories of individuals not in the labor force.
-How does Wright define the "underclass"?
A) Exploited but not economically oppressed
B) Economically oppressed but not exploited
C) Oppressed and exploited
D) None of the above.

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Wright defines the "underclass" as those who are economically oppressed but not exploited, meaning they lack access to stable employment and live in poverty, but are not actively participating in the labor market or generating surplus value for capitalists.