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Summarize Argument
The author concludes that if a nation’s standard of living is on the rise, it must have invested heavily in improving its infrastructure. She supports this with two conditional premises:
(1) To maintain a high standard of living, a country needs to maintain a functioning infrastructure.
(2) Investing in infrastructure will raise the country’s standard of living.
Identify and Describe Flaw
This is the cookie-cutter flaw of mistaking sufficiency for necessity. The author treats “investment in infrastructure” as necessary for “rise in standard of living.” But according to premise 2 above, “investment in infrastructure” is sufficient, not necessary.
In other words, the argument fails to take into account that a nation’s standard of living could improve for other reasons, without major investments in infrastructure.
Analysis by EleanorRoberts
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