In the 1700s, Reverend Thomas Malthus Predicted That

question 91

Multiple Choice

In the 1700s, Reverend Thomas Malthus predicted that:

• A)​per capita economic growth would not change very much since humans were already content with their standards of living.
• B)​per capita economic growth would tend to rise as modern birth control techniques caused the rate of population growth to decline.
• C)​per capita economic growth would eventually become negative since population growth would tend to outstrip production.
• D)​per capita economic growth would tend to rise in the future because technological advances in production would outpace population growth.

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Definitions:

Taxes Rise

Taxes rise refers to the increase in the required contributions by individuals or corporations to government revenues.

Laspeyres Price Index

a measure of the change in the cost of purchasing a fixed basket of goods and services, relative to the cost of the same basket in a base period.

Demand Function

A mathematical expression showing the relationship between the quantity demanded of a good and its price, along with other determinants like income and prices of related goods.

Substitution Effect

The change in consumption patterns due to a change in the relative prices of goods, leading consumers to substitute one good for another.