Question
Principle of Population, 1798
Which of these statements best summarizes Malthus's ideas on the relationship between population growth and agricultural production?
(1 point)
Population growth, paired with improvements in farming, would most benefit underprivileged social classes.
Population growth would eventually
• outpace agricultural production and lead to famine and starvation.
Population growth would lead to the
• development of permanent, complex world societies.
Population growth could be controlled if new developments in agricultural production were used to fight hunger.
Which of these statements best summarizes Malthus's ideas on the relationship between population growth and agricultural production?
(1 point)
Population growth, paired with improvements in farming, would most benefit underprivileged social classes.
Population growth would eventually
• outpace agricultural production and lead to famine and starvation.
Population growth would lead to the
• development of permanent, complex world societies.
Population growth could be controlled if new developments in agricultural production were used to fight hunger.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The statement that best summarizes Malthus's ideas on the relationship between population growth and agricultural production is:
**Population growth would eventually outpace agricultural production and lead to famine and starvation.**
Malthus argued that while population grows geometrically, agricultural production grows arithmetically, leading to inevitable shortages and crises if population growth is not controlled.
**Population growth would eventually outpace agricultural production and lead to famine and starvation.**
Malthus argued that while population grows geometrically, agricultural production grows arithmetically, leading to inevitable shortages and crises if population growth is not controlled.