Positioning the Subsistence Line in the Malthusian Growth Model as a Positively

question 2

Multiple Choice

Positioning the subsistence line in the Malthusian growth model as a positively sloped 45-degree line through the origin reflects _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

• A) increasing
• B) constant
• C) decreasing
• D) no relationship between
• E) none of the above.

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