Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Economist: In the middle of the twentieth century, continuous

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First, don't focus on the MOST aspect. I know they say that in the question stem just to be safe, but you should expect one answer that WORKS and 4 that DO NOT work. If you're on the right track, it shouldn't feel like you're picking the best of several answers. The wrong answers are wrong.

Second, we don't need an answer that is 100% proven. We just need something that builds reasonably on the given premises. Notice that both C and D say *can*--this isn't about proving what must always happen.

In this case, C is not supported by the given statements. If anything, they might establish the opposite. If these days, funding for innovation comes from VC, then limiting VC funding might limit innovation, thus taking away a source of recession mitigation. We can't assume that if VC were limited, some other source of funding would appear.

As for D, yes, it's safe to say that if we take away something that mitigates a problem, that problem can intensify. This just has to be
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Statistics : Posted by DmitryFarber • on 06 Feb 2024, 17:07 • Replies 6 • Views 2230

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