Which of the following is an observation made by economist Michael Kremer?

a. World growth rates increased as the population increased.
b. Technological progress allows for increasing population because of advances in agriculture.
c. World population is growing so rapidly that soon it will outstrip natural resources and our standard of living will decline.
d. All of the above are observations made by Kremer.


a

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