Thomas Malthus concluded that
A) population increased arithmetically while food production increased geometrically.
B) the world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.
C) moral restraint was producing lower crude birth rates.
D) population growth was outpacing available resources in every country.
E) crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.

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Malthus believed that the world's population would increase at a much faster rate than the development of food supplies, causing a crisis of overpopulation and poverty. He argued that population growth is exponential while food production increases arithmetically, leading to a situation where food supply cannot keep up with the increasing population.  This theory is known as Malthusianism.

Thomas Malthus Concluded That