Whereas Marx believed the equitable distribution would solve perceived imbalances between populations and food supply,Malthus argued for
A) birth control.
B) women's rights.
C) colonialism.
D) technology.
E) emigration.

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Malthus argued that population growth would always outpace food supply, leading to inevitable famine and poverty unless controlled through preventive (e.g., moral restraint, delayed marriage) and positive (e.g., disease, war) checks. Among preventive checks, he included ideas akin to what we might now refer to as birth control.

Whereas Marx Believed the Equitable Distribution Would Solve Perceived Imbalances