Question

According to Sernau, a debate between the ideas of Thomas Malthus and Karl Marx regarding population levels still goes on today. What is the best description of thisdebate?a. Malthus and Marx both agreed that population increases were bad, but Malthusrecommended limiting human birthrates whereas Marx believed revolutionaryactivity would keep growth in check.b. Malthus, being an economist, looked at increased population as a growth inassets, whereas Marx saw population growth as creating more advantages for thebourgeoisie.c. Malthus believed that because population growth could always outstrip increasedfood production, thus creating the potential for a disastrous crash. Marx, incontrast, saw people as a land's greatest strength and believed growth was onlyviewed as a problem because of unequal distribution of capital.d. Malthus and Marx both believed population increases were good, but while Marxbelieved everyone should reproduce, Malthus believed only the "right sorts"should reproduce.e. Malthus believed that population could be controlled by mutual restraint on thepart of men and women, whereas Marx believed that the attraction between sexeswas inevitable and thus there was no way to solve the population problem

Answer 1

Answer: C

Step-by-step explanation:

Malthus believed that because population growth could always outstrip increasedfood production, thus creating the potential for a disastrous crash. Marx, incontrast, saw people as a land's greatest strength and believed growth was onlyviewed as a problem because of unequal distribution of capital