Principles of Economics, 7th Edition

Published by South-Western College
ISBN 10: 128516587X
ISBN 13: 978-1-28516-587-5

Chapter 25 - Part IX - Production and Growth - Quick Check Multiple Choice - Page 546: 6

Answer

a. put stress on the economy’s ability to produce food, dooming humans to remain in poverty.

Work Step by Step

Thomas Malthus's belief was that the population growth would never fall below the food production rate since the availability of food only served to increase the population. In other words, it would allow people to have more surviving children.
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