Recently, a new school of economics called steady-state economics has seriously challenged neoclassical economics, the reigning school in Western economic decision making. ███
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While this is a good summary of the neoclassical view, this is not the main point of the passage as a whole. The main point of the passage is to show that the steady-state model is an alternative to the neoclassical model, but (A) doesn’t say anything about what the steady-state model is or why it could be an alternative to neoclassical economics.
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Like (A), this is a good summary of neoclassical economics, but this misses the overall main point. The main point of the passage is to show that the steady-state model is an alternative to the traditional neoclassical model, but (B) doesn’t say anything about what the steady-state model is or why it’s a good alternative to neoclassical economics.
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This is not an accurate summary of the steady-state view. It’s the neoclassical economists who
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(D) captures the author’s point that the steady-state model is an alternative to the neoclassical model, and why. In contrast with the neoclassical economists, the steady-state economists think that resource availability
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This is not supported by the passage. Steady-state economists
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