Thomas Malthus developed a formal model of a dynamic growth process in which each country converged toward

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"Thomas Malthus developed a formal model of a dynamic growth process in which each country converged toward a stationary per capita income. According to this model, death rates fall and fertility rises when incomes exceed the equilibrium level, and the opposite occurs when incomes are less than that level" (Becker and Murphy 1990).

Is this pronouncement from Professor Gary Becker and his associates from the University of Chicago consistent with the discussion in the textbook that is based on Figure 10.1? Explain.

Data from Figure 10.1

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