Who was Robert Malthus?
A) a famous environmentalist of the 1920s.
B) the creator of the Clean Air Act.
C) an economist who believed population growth would eventually lead to resource depletion.
D) an economist who believed that technological change will eventually correct most ecological imbalances.

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Robert Malthus was an economist who believed that population growth would eventually lead to resource depletion. He argued that while population grows exponentially, food production can only increase arithmetically, leading to inevitable famine and poverty. This concept is known as the "Malthusian theory" of population growth.

Who Was Robert Malthus