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Support In some countries, there is a free flow of information about infrastructure, agriculture, and industry, whereas in other countries, this information is controlled by a small elite. ██ ███ ██████ ██████████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ██████ █████ ███████████ █████ ███████ ████ █████████ █████ ████████ █████ █████ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ ████ ████████ ████████ ██████ ████ █████ █████████ ███
Summary
Countries where the vast majority of the population is denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare are likely to experience more frequent economic crises than other countries.
Missing Connection
The author says there are some countries where most of the population is denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare, then says that these countries are likely to experience more frequent economic crises than other countries. However, the author doesn’t explain why these countries are more likely to experience more frequent economic crises.
How to get from premises to conclusion? We must assume that economic crises are more likely to happen in countries where most people are denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare.
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The argument doesn’t discuss political power. (A) has nothing to do with the argument’s conclusion, that countries where most people are denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare are likely to experience more economic crises than other countries.
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This confirms that countries where most people are denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare are likely to experience more economic crises than other countries, validating the argument’s conclusion.
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The argument never discusses governments. Additionally, we don’t know whether the government of a country controlling information about infrastructure, agriculture, and industry leads to that information being denied from to country’s people. (C) is irrelevant.
d
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The argument isn’t concerned with how countries can improve their economic decisions. The conclusion only discusses how countries where most people are denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare are likely to experience more economic crises than other countries.
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The way a small elite would likely utilize certain information is irrelevant. The correct answer choice must explain why countries where most people are denied vital information about factors that determine their welfare are likely to experience more economic crises than other countries.