Malthus argues that population growth will always outstrip agricultural production, leading to inevitable consequences such as famine or premature death.
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“The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.”
—Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, 1798
Which of these statements best summarizes Malthus’s ideas on the relationship between population growth and agricultural production?
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