How Would Malthus View the Outbreaks of Bubonic Plague in Europe

question 12

Multiple Choice

How would Malthus view the outbreaks of bubonic plague in Europe from 1334 to 1354, the smallpox epidemic in 1707 that devastated the populations of Mexico and the West Indies, and today's worldwide AIDS epidemic?

• A) As divine punishment for sin
• B) As checks on population growth
• C) As natural consequences of globalization
• D) As unnecessary and destabilizing

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