People in poverty are poor because they aren’t working hard

Consider the following statement: “People in poverty are poor because they aren’t working hard
enough.” How would Marx respond to this statement? Durkheim/functionalists? Edin & Shaefer? Use
specific examples from Marger and Edin & Shaefer throughout your response for support. Please do
not use direct quotes, but instead paraphrase and cite the page number.

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