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Merchants believed that they would make larger profits if they found a sea route because it would be faster and they could trade more goods.
Answer:
d. may depress economic prosperity by reducing the amount of capital which each worker has to work with.
Explanation:
Based on data on trade and population from various parts of the world, Malthus explains that the population grows in geometric progression (2,4,8,16,32 ...), while food production increases only in arithmetic progression (2 , 4,6,8,10 ...). According to him, inequality between human beings was inevitable. If everyone were prosperous, this would cause an increase in the population, causing the imbalance between food production and humanity to continue.
