How has innovation in contraceptives impacted Malthusian theory’s predictions of exponential increases in population growth and inevitable catastrophe?
A. It has kept the birthrate in many countries at a lower level than Malthus would have thought possible.
B. It has slowed birthrates down but is not going to prevent the inevitable collapse of society.
C. It has paradoxically shifted the extremely high birthrates to less developed nations and thus has accelerated the process Malthus envisioned.
D. It has not had a significant impact since those most in need of contraceptives have the most difficulty in obtaining them.
Answer: A
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