Unless checked, population growth tends to continue until it runs up against environmental limits causing poverty, hunger, misery and resource scarcity-eventually leading to a population crash. This view was proponed by which thinker?
A) Thomas Malthus
B) Frances Moore Lappé
C) Paul Ehrlich
D) Julian Simon

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This view was proposed by Thomas Malthus in his 1798 Essay on the Principle of Population.

Unless Checked, Population Growth Tends to Continue Until It Runs