Economist: A country's rapid

Answer choices

1. A

   Negated Premise3% picked this

   No new investment occurs in any country that does not emerge quickly from

   This answer simply negates the ~RE → ~NI first premise.

   3%
2. B

   Out of Scope – Term Shift3% picked this

   Recessions in countries that put collective goals before individuals' goals tend not to affect the country's people's support

   Having confidence in the economic policies of their country and supporting the economic policies of their country are different. Since this answer is about support for economic policies, this answer is out of scope.

   3%
3. C

   Out of Scope – Opposite Group18% picked this

   If the people in a country that puts individuals' goals first are willing to make new investments in their country's economy, their country will

   The argument is about countries where collective goals are put before individual goals, while this answer is about a different set of countries—those that put individual goals first.

   18%
4. D

   Correct75% picked this

   People in countries that put collective goals before individuals' goals lack confidence in the economic

   Why this is right

   This bridges the gap between CG → ~C putting collective goals before individual goals and people not having confidence in the economic policies of their countries.

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

   75%
5. E

   Out of Scope – Time Condition1% picked this

   A country's economic policies are the most significant factor determining whether that country's economy will

   The argument is about emerging from an economic recession, not the factors that lead to an economic recession.

   1%