Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT135 S1 Q7 Explanation

Economist: Government intervention in

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Stimulus

Economist: Government intervention in the free market in pursuit of socially desirable goals can affect supply and demand, thereby distorting prices. The ethics of such intervention is comparable to that of administering medicines. Most medicines have harmful as well as beneficial effects, so the use of a type of medicine is ethically government intervention in the free market is justified only when it _______.

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Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
7.

Which one of the following most logically completes the final

Answer choices

  1. Trap0% picked this

    would likely be approved of by the majority of the

  2. Trap2% picked this

    has been shown to have few if any significantly

  3. Trap1% picked this

    is believed unlikely to significantly exacerbate any

  4. Correct94% picked this

    would do less damage than would result from the government's

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap2% picked this

    provides a solution to some otherwise

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