Growth in real GDP per capita has:

A. been more rapid since the mid-nineteenth century than ever before.
B. slowed since the mid-nineteenth century compared to before.
C. increased over the last 150 years only in the United States and Canada.
D. been steady over the course of human history.


Answer: A

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