Some government economists view their

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct59% picked this

   A national economy cannot prosper unless every significant influence on it has been examined by

   Why this is right

   "unless" = "if it's not the case that ..." if at least one significant national influence on the economy ? economy has not been examined can't prosper by the govt economists International trade = a significant influence on the economy (it significantly affects prices and wages). Thus, we can derive the conclusion ... If government economists don't look beyond their national borders, then they aren't examining international trade, which is a significant influence on the economy, so their national economies can't prosper.

   Skill tested: Sufficient Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   59%
2. B

   Too Weak / Unrelated To Goal4% picked this

   Economics is weakly analogous to the

   Even if this were a stronger version of what it's offering us, it still wouldn't do anything to lock in the brand new conclusion language of "national economies can't prosper".

   4%
3. C

   Unrelated To Goal10% picked this

   Economic theories relying on idealizations are generally less accurate than economic theories that do not

   This is another answer getting tangled in the wording of the analogy. If an answer doesn't give us a rule that says "If ____ is true, then nations' economies can't prosper" then the answer is functionally useless to us. We'll never be able to prove "nations' economies can't prosper" unless the evidence or the answer choice gives us a rule with that wording. Since the evidence didn't, it's up to the answer choice.

   10%
4. D

   Unrelated To Goal / Premise Booster9% picked this

   International trade is the primary significant variable influencing prices

   This takes something we already know and just amps up the volume a little bit. But every answer choice is useless to our goal of deriving the conclusion, if it doesn't include the wording about "whether or not nations' economies will be able to prosper".

   9%
5. E

   Weak / Unrelated To Goal17% picked this

   Some government economists have been ignoring the effects of international trade on

   This answer is also useless, since it doesn't give us any rule that would allow us to derive that "when ___ is true, nations' economies can't prosper".

   17%