In His Essay on the Principle of Population,T

question 12

Multiple Choice

In his Essay on the Principle of Population,T.R.Malthus predicted

• A) that populations would migrate to countries with the most productive land
• B) that by the year 2000, world population would be 6 billion people
• C) most of the demographic trends currently taking place in Europe
• D) that output per capita would decline until the population was left in poverty
• E) that better technology would provide the population with more leisure time

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