Q6 - The coming economic recovery

[katl]

I choose C, although I was between C and D. I did not choose D because I didn't think you could equate reliability with how much each party is risking his job.

I was also confused by the wording of C. Does C say that the author projects the economy will do well if the company does well, and the economy will do poorly if the company does poorly?

Thanks in advance.

[tommywallach]

Hey Katl,

Let's start by looking at the core:

Conclusion: Coming economic recovery = strong
Premise: IE say strong, AE say weak
IE risking jobs, AE no risk --> IEs better

So in our own words, the support here is a group of people with lots to lose.

(A) This is comparing numbers, but we don't have a count of either group.

(B) Brings up the risk of believing one side or another, but there's no risk for the reader!

(C) Compares the prospects of investment companies and the prospects of the economy (and yes, you're right; it says that they are projecting that if the investment company does well, the economy will do well, which makes no sense at all!). The argument never compares the prospects of these two groups.

(D) CORRECT. Yep. We are told that one group (IEs) is more reliable than another group (AEs). Perfect.

(E) No character attacks take place.

Hope that helps!

-t