The Malthusian Hypothesis

The Malthusian hypothesis

A) assumes that land resources change over time.
B) assumes that technology remains fixed.
C) assumes that technology gains outpace population increases over the long run.
D) proposes that population growth ultimately leads to declining labor productivity because land is a limited resource, so that increases in population result in less food for each person and more deaths.
E) argues that population growth leads to increasing labor productivity because land is a fixed resource.