The nineteenth-century British economist Thomas Malthus argued that the law of diminishing returns implied that

A. raw materials would eventually run out.
B. eventual misery would befall the human race.
C. technological change would grow at an increasing pace.
D. capital would increase relative to labor.


Answer: B

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