Economics was called the "Dismal Science" by Thomas Carlyle because
A) too many people would result in food shortages and shortages of other resources.
B) it was a very complex area of study based on mathematics.
C) the world population was growing slower than expected in the 1700s, leading economists to call it a dismal period of time.
D) there were too many old people and not enough young people to care for them.

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Thomas Carlyle called economics the "dismal science" because of the argument made by Thomas Malthus in the late 1700s and early 1800s that there would soon be too many people and not enough food and other resources to support them.

Economics Was Called the "Dismal Science" by Thomas Carlyle Because