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A student says she read that Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), a renowned British econo...

A student says she read that Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), a renowned British economist and demographer, claimed that the increase of population will take place, if unchecked, in a geometric sequence, whereas the supply of food will increase in only an arithmetic sequence. This theory implies that population increases faster than food production. The student is wondering why. How do you respond?

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