The Malthusian Trap Refers to

question 88

Multiple Choice

The Malthusian trap refers to

• A) the point at which natural population checks such as disease and famine have kept population growth below its replacement rate.
• B) the point at which scarce natural resources have been depleted.
• C) the point at which the world is no longer able to meet food requirements of its population.
• D) the low-level equilibrium an economy is stuck at because productive resources have been exhausted.

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