Which economist, using exponential growth, predicted that the world population would pass the capacity the planet could support?
A. Jean-Baptiste Say
B. Roy Forbes Harrod
C. Sir John Richard Hicks
D. Thomas Robert Malthus
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The economist who predicted that the world population would surpass the capacity of the planet to support was Thomas Robert Malthus. To find the answer to this question, you can eliminate the options by understanding the contributions of each economist mentioned.
A. Jean-Baptiste Say was a French economist known for his contributions to Say's Law, which states that supply creates its own demand. His work did not specifically address population growth or planetary capacity.
B. Roy Forbes Harrod was a British economist known for his work on economic growth theories. His models did not focus on population numbers or their impact on the planet's capacity.
C. Sir John Richard Hicks was a British economist known for his work on general equilibrium theory and welfare economics. He also did not address the issue of population growth and its effects on the planet's capacity.
D. Thomas Robert Malthus was an English economist and demographer best known for his essay "An Essay on the Principle of Population." In this work, Malthus argued that population growth would outpace the Earth's capacity to sustain its inhabitants, leading to poverty and suffering.
By process of elimination, the correct answer is D. Thomas Robert Malthus.