6. Population growth and poverty Thomas Malthus, around the year 1800,. suggested that mankind is doomed to live in poverty, based on which of the following ideas? Population growth puts GUESS on the economy's ability to produce food due to declining capital goods per person. Our ability to increase the production of food cannot keep up with the increase in population. Insufcient population growth limits the number of scientists and inventors available to generate technological knowledge. OOOO Exponentially growing population will inevitablyr change the shape of the population pyramid, leading to a high proporljon of dependents compared to workingage adults