Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo Gave Economics the Reputation of "The

Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo gave economics the reputation of "the dismal science" because they

A) seemed to prove that inequality and suffering were natural and inevitable.
B) seemed incapable of explaining the sources of poverty.
C) challenged the legitimacy of private property.
D) correctly predicted endless international war in the nineteenth century.
E) argued that only a strong state could solve social problems.