Thomas Malthus was an 18th-century economist who predicted that limited land supplies would eventually lead to population growth outpacing increases in food production, leading to poverty and disease. He believed this would prevent large increases in real incomes per capita.

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Thomas Malthus

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Thomas Malthus:

A) was President Reagan's primary economic adviser.
B) successfully predicted the nationalization of the insurance company AIG.
C) predicted that limited land supplies would prevent large increases in real incomes per capita.
D) wrote The Limits to Growth in 1972.

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