What Is the Malthus Theorem

question 57

Multiple Choice

What is the Malthus Theorem?

• A) the belief that if people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences
• B) the idea that population grows geometrically and the food supply only increases arithmetically
• C) the belief that language influences culture
• D) a three-stage explanation of how populations increase, stabilize, and then decrease

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