Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo Believed That to Increase Agricultural

question 26

Multiple Choice

Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo believed that to increase agricultural output, people would be forced to

• A) farm land more intensively, in which case the returns to successive increases in population would diminish.
• B) farm land less intensively, in which case the returns to successive increases in population would increase.
• C) farm land more intensively, in which case the returns to successive increases in population would increase.
• D) farm land less intensively, in which case the returns to successive increases in population would diminish.

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