LSAT 118 – Section 1 – Question 01

LSAT 118 - Section 1 - Question 01

December 2004

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT118 S1 Q01
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
96%
165
B
1%
159
C
0%
153
D
0%
156
E
2%
159
120
128
140
 +Easiest 148.411 +SubsectionMedium

The obsession of economists with consumption as a measure of economic well-being has prevented us from understanding the true nature of economic well-being. We get very little satisfaction out of the fact that our clothing wears out, our automobiles depreciate, and the gasoline in our tanks burns up and must be replaced.

Summary
Economist’s obsession with consumption as a measure of economic well-being prevents us from understanding true economic well-being. Why? Because we are not very satisfied by the fact that some things must be replaced.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
There is more to economic well-being than consumption.

A
economic well-being cannot be defined solely in terms of consumption
We should not define economic-well being solely in terms of consumption because we don’t get much satisfaction from replacing things we have consumed.
B
satisfaction is possible without consumption
We don’t know whether the author believes satisfaction is possible without consumption. Rather, the author is making an argument that there’s more to satisfaction than consumption.
C
valid measures of consumption cannot be devised
We don’t know whether the author believes that we cannot measure consumption accurately.
D
modern products are designed for early obsolescence
We don’t know whether the author believes modern products are designed to be discarded early.
E
satisfaction can provide an adequate quantitative measure of economic well-being
We don’t know whether the author believes satisfaction can accurately measure economic well-being. We only know that the author believes that there’s more to economic well-being than consumption.

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