Praxis II Social Sciences Content Knowledge Exam Prep

Answer - D - All of the above. Thomas Malthus was a British scholar and pastor who popularized the economic theory of rent, was greatly influential in the political economy, and worried that rampant population growth would decrease the possibility of moving toward a utopian society.

Key Takeaway: Thomas Robert Malthus was a British scholar and pastor, who was greatly influential in the political economy and anthropological circles. Malthus originally made the idea of rent popular and thought that rampant population growth would preclude progressing towards a utopian society (which was a social ideal of his time).