For each of the following changes for society in which the Malthusian model appl

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For each of the following changes for society in which the Malthusian model applies indicate whether i)long run population and ii)long run food per person will increase, decrease or remain unchanged:

3. a one month improvement weather conditions that raises crop yields per unit of land but then weather conditions return to normal (technology schedule shifts to the right but only for one month and then returns to initial level) Long run Change in population: ____ __ Long run Change in Food per person ______

Explanation / Answer

Long run change in population = Increase

Long run change in food per person = Decrease

Because, accoedacc to the malthusian, population always grows in long run if it is not prevention . Therefore population will grow. And according to the malthusian, food grows arithmetically while population grows goemetrically , so long run food per person will decrease because the population is increase in the long run, but the crop yiled or food does not increase continuously in the long run .

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