PT1.S3.Q12 - Some of the most prosperous nations...

laurenlevine347

Why is the answer B?

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henry.ewing

Hi Lauren,

The correct AC is D. The issue is that while old people might have "less" reasons to save than young people, we do not know how strong their respective reasons are. In other words, do old people and young people actually follow through on their reasons to save? Old people might only have one reason to save, but they actually decide to act on it and save money. Young people have 100 reasons to save, but they don't actually decide to save money. In this situation, old people are the ones who actually save money, and young people do not. This would be a problem for the argument, because the argument assumes that older people save less money.

B is incorrect because the argument does no assume that a negative savings rate is impossible. The author of the argument just thinks it won't happen in these prosperous nations.