Explanation:

- Option 1: Marx

- Karl Marx argued that wealth accumulation for the bourgeoisie class relies on the exploitation of the proletariat. Thus, poverty increases as wealth increases for capitalists.

- He believed in the inherent inequality of capitalism.

- Option 2: Engels

- Friedrich Engels, Marx's collaborator, also critiqued capitalism but did not specifically state the relation of wealth increasing as poverty increases.

- Option 3: Weber

- Max Weber focused on bureaucracy and the role of culture in capitalism, but he did not express similar ideas about wealth and poverty.

- Option 4: Hegel

- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a philosopher who discussed dialectics and the evolution of ideas, not particularly about wealth and poverty in this context.

Correct Answer: Option 1, Marx