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George Bernard Shaw wrote: [#permalink]
 20 Apr 2003, 13:49
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George Bernard Shaw wrote: " That any sane nation, having observed that you could provide for the supply of bread by giving bakers a pecuniary interest in baking for you, should go on to give a surgeon a pecuniary interest in cutting off your leg is enough to make one despair of political humanity."
Shaw's statement would best serve as an illustration in an argument criticizing which of the following?
(A) Dentists who perform unnecessary dental work in order to earn a profit
(B) Doctors who increase their profits by specializing only in diseases that affect a large percentage of the population
(C) Grocers who raise the price of food in order to increase their profit margins
(D) Oil companies that decrease the price of their oil in order to increase their market share
(E) Bakers and surgeons who earn a profit by supplying other peoples' basic needs
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The ans is A
Stolyar explain please ....
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I think it should be D. 
The stimulus explains that by providing an interest amongst the bakers the govt generates the demand; 
similar to reducing the price by the Oil company to simulate interest 2 drive up the profit!!.
Confused!!
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yes the answer is A, he talks of a surgeon cutting of a leg for money... so therefore the dentist doing unneccessary work is similar 8)
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Re: George Bernard Shaw wrote: [#permalink]
16 Jul 2012, 11:34
Every guy above who choose the answer choice without reasoning. Please post the answer with your reasons. Without reasoning, your choices is worthless at all and does not prove you are pro in GMAT CR.
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sm176811 wrote: I think it should be D. The stimulus explains that by providing an interest amongst the bakers the govt generates the demand; similar to reducing the price by the Oil company to simulate interest 2 drive up the profit!!. Confused!! the usage of the word pecuniary is important here. pecuniary means related to money. so the interest among the bakers is also related to money-making.
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Re: George Bernard Shaw wrote: [#permalink]
16 Jul 2012, 11:55
(C)WINS Arguments says that the bakers and doctors are trusted and encouraged by the "you" (people of sane nation) but the doctors take undue advantage by cutting the legs, similarly the grocers take the undue advantage by hiking price,although the public trust the grocer that what he is charging is reasonable. (A) is not correct because Dentist do unnecessary surgeries only when the patient is agree with it , it doesn't mean that the dentist is charging HIGHER for those work.
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Re: George Bernard Shaw wrote: [#permalink]
17 Jul 2012, 10:50
I'll go with A The argument, says that just because someone gives some incentives for bakers to produce bread, doesn't mean that incentives should be given to surgeons to cut your leg off. So, in effect, it is criticizing the surgeons' work. So, the answer choice will follow the same reasoning.
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