The enduring significant contribution of Marx and Engels to the study of demography is the suggestion that ____________.
A) poverty, more than overpopulation, is the central issue relating to food supply in a capitalist country
B) the population grows exponentially while the food supply growths arithmetically, creating overpopulation
C) population would eventually be checked by natural and human-caused disasters
D) advanced technology should be used to produce food, not profits

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Marx and Engels argued that the problems of scarcity and access to resources, including food, were primarily due to the inequalities and dynamics of capitalist economies, rather than being a simple matter of overpopulation. They believed that poverty and the distribution of resources were central issues, rather than the Malthusian perspective of population growth outstripping food supply (B), or the inevitability of disaster-led population checks (C), or the focus on technology's use (D).

The Enduring Significant Contribution of Marx and Engels to the Study