Thomas Malthus argued that
A) human population growth would inevitably exceed the growth of the world's food supply.
B) modern science guaranteed that in the future there would be no crime, poverty, or disease.
C) people were naturally good and society's problems could be solved by the application of human reason.
D) population tends to grow arithmetically, while subsistence grows geometrically.
A
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What will be an ideal response?