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Traditionally, corporate bankruptcy law placed highest priority on the orderly discharge of debts; courts generally ordered failed businesses to pay all creditors a set percentage of the amounts owed. ███

Traditional Approach · Discharge of debts is top priority

Modern Approach · “Reorganization” allows company to continue operating

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Argument for Traditional Approach · Bankruptcy is solely to pay back creditors

Example of traditionalist: Jackson

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Critique of Traditional Approach · Traditionalists do not consider other interests (employees, communities)

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Argument for Modern Approach · Fairness for all parties through (1) inclusion and (2) rational planning

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Main Conclusion · Modern approach is more equitable but also has weaknesses

Premise 1 · Credit will be more expensive

Premise 2 · No way of assessing vulnerability to loss

Passage Style

Critique or debate

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Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ███ ████████

Question Type

Main point

In a Critique or Debate passage, if the author advocates a view, the main point is the author’s view. Here, the author expresses her view in the last paragraph: “But while Korobkin's approach is more equitable than Jackson's, it also has significant weaknesses.” Let’s look for an answer that captures this view.

According to Korobkin, █████████ ██████████ ██ ██████████ ███ ████ ███ ██████████ ███████ ███ █████████ █████ ██ ███ ███ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ █ ████████████

This doesn’t capture the author’s opinion. (A) merely describes Korobkin’s opinion. But it doesn’t indicate that Korobkin’s view is more equitable or that Korobkin’s view has certain weaknesses.

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This best captures the main point as expressed in the last paragraph.

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Korobkin opposes Jackson's ██████████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ███████ █ ████████ ████ ███ ████████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ██████ █████████████

This doesn’t capture the author’s opinion about Korobkin’s view, which is that it is more equitable than Jackson’s, but also has significant weaknesses.

Korobkin argues that ███ ███████████ ██████████ ████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ████████████ ████████████ ████ ████ █████ ███████ ██ █████████ ████████ ███ ███ ████████

This doesn’t capture the author’s opinion about Korobkin’s view, which is that it is more equitable than Jackson’s, but also has significant weaknesses.

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The author doesn’t suggest that the long-term costs of Korobkin’s regime outweigh its benefits. She also doesn’t indicate that Korobkin’s view is more popular among policymakers.

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