The Malthusian trap refers to
A) the point at which natural population checks such as disease and famine have kept population growth below its replacement rate.
B) the point at which scarce natural resources have been depleted.
C) the point at which the world is no longer able to meet food requirements of its population.
D) the low-level equilibrium an economy is stuck at because productive resources have been exhausted.

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The Malthusian trap refers to the situation where population growth outpaces agricultural production, leading to a situation where the world cannot meet the food requirements of its population, resulting in famine and population checks.

The Malthusian Trap Refers to