College student Jerry says disease, natural disasters, and even war serve a greater purpose. His friends say his views are offensive, and Jerry replies, "But I'm a Malthusian!" Along with Thomas Malthus, Jerry believes that the benefit of problems that wipe out large number of humans is that:. a. the decreased pressure on the food supply reduces starvation and misery. b. people are forced to accept the hard parts of life. c. the fittest humans survive and evolve. d. the morally superior people survive.

The chart shows the marginal cost and marginal revenue of producing apple pies. what most likely will happen if the pie maker continues to make additional pies? the marginal costs will continue to rise, increasing the total cost, while the marginal revenue remains the same, decreasing the profit. the marginal costs will continue to fall, decreasing the total cost, while the marginal revenue remains the same, increasing the profit. the marginal costs will continue to rise, increasing the total cost, while the marginal revenue remains the same, increasing the profit. the marginal costs will continue to fall, decreasing the total cost, while the marginal revenue remains the same, decreasing the profit.

John locke, an enlightenment-era philosopher, influenced the american movement for independence. locke believed that all people were entitled to natural rights. which quotation from the preamble to the declaration of independence refers to natural rights?

The term "jim crow" is used to describe which of these? a) bans on hunting b) segregation of the races c) preventing women from voting d) creating more public schools