alleryStart learning →Who used a geometric progression of population growth in his famous essay on population?
AT.R. Malthus
BAdam Smith
CDavid Ricardo
DJohn Keynes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. T.R. Malthus
Malthus took the contrast between geometric and arithmetic growth as the mathematical basis of his essay on population.
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