What is the relationship between living standards and birthrates? A. The relatio

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What is the relationship between living standards and birthrates? A. The relationship is negative at low levels of income, but becomes increasingly positive as incomes rise. B. They are unrelated. C. The relationship is positive (directly related). D. The relationship is negative (inversely related). 1. 2. In his Essay on the Principles of Population, Thomas Malthus argued that A. Human living standards could permanently rise above subsistence levels, so that populations would grow exponentially B. Any temporary increase in living standards would cause people to have more children, and thus increase the population C. As the population increased, the standard of living would be maintained by greater productivity D. As economic efficiency declined, standards of living would first rise and then eventually decline Alternative fuels become more economically viable as: A. the demand for oil decreases. B. subsidies for alternative fuels are removed. C. oil exploration and drilling technology improve. D. the price of oil rises. Which of the following is considered a renewable natural resource? A. Petroleum B. Coal C. Aquifers D. Iron A profit-maximizing company should extract a non-renewable resource in the present up to the quantity where the A. 3. 4. 5. B. C. D. selling price of the resource equals the extraction cost plus the user cost of the resource. selling price of the resource equals the total cost plus the user cost of the resource. selling price of the resource equals the extraction cost of the resource. extraction cost of the resource equals the user cost of the resource. 6. Demographers have been very surprised that total fertility rates have fallen below 2.0, especially because most people in most countries tell pollsters that they would like to have at least two children. Can you think of any possible economic factors that may be causing women in so many countries to average fewer than two children per lifetime? What about other social or political changes? 7. Resource consumption per person in the United States is either flat or falling, depending on the resource. Yet living standards are rising due to improvements in technology that allow more output to be produced for every unit of input used in production. What does this say about the likelihood of our running out of resources? Could we possibly maintain or improve our living standards even if the population were expected to rise in the future rather than fall? 5, Suppose that you hear two people arguing about energy One says that we are running out of energy. The other counters that we are running out of cheap energy. Explain which person is correct and why

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1. What is the relationship between living standards and birth rates?

D) The relationship is negative (inversely related)

Explanation:

    The Standard of living and the Birth rate are associated. It is possible that lower birth rates result in a higher standard of living and higher standards of living result in lower birth rates. Therefore, this is inversely related each other.

2. In his Essay on the Principle of Population, Thomas Malthus argued that:

B. Any temporary increase in living standards would cause people to have more children, and thus increase the population.

3. Alternative fuels become more economically viable as:

D. the price of oil rises

4. Which of the following is considered a renewable natural resource?

C. Aquifers

Explanation:

   Except Aquifers, all are non-renewable natural resources. That is we cannot produce again.

5. A profit-maximizing company should extract a non-renewable resource in the present up to the quantity where the:

A. selling price of the resources equals the extraction cost plus the user cost of the resource.

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