Thomas Malthus argued that increases in living standards tend to reduce birthrates.

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Final Answer : False, Explanation :  Thomas Malthus argued that population growth tends to outpace food supply growth, leading to poverty and famine, not that increases in living standards reduce birthrates. His theory suggested that higher population would push wages down, not that improved living standards would lower birth rates.

Thomas Malthus argued that increases in living standards tend to reduce birthrates.

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