The Fundamental Argument in the Essay on the Principle of Population

question 54

Multiple Choice

The fundamental argument in the Essay on the Principle of Population was that improvements in technology or increases in physical capital would lead to only temporary improvements in productivity because they would always be offset by:

• A) rising human capital demands.
• B) falling land values.
• C) the pressure of rising population and more workers on the supply of land.
• D) falling birthrates.

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