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According to ____________, "An increase in the capital and labour applied in the cultivation of land causes, in general, a less than proportionate increase in the amount of product raised unless it happens to coincide with an improvement in the arts of agriculture".

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K.E. Boulding

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J.B. Say

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Alfred Marshall

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P.A. Samuelson

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The correct option is C Alfred Marshall
This raised us to the knowledge of the diminishing returns of factor of production, fixity of fixed factor( capital),over utilisation of land results in lesser output

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