According to Malthus, a fixed quantity of land and a growing population combined to produce:
A)continuous but variable economic growth.
B)accelerating economic growth.
C)a stationary state in which growth ceased.
D)a stationary state in which the economy grew, but at a fixed and unchangeable rate.

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Thomas Malthus theorized that population growth would outpace agricultural production, leading to a point where growth would cease, resulting in a stationary state. He did not believe in sustained economic growth under these conditions.

According to Malthus, a Fixed Quantity of Land and a Growing