Politician: After a civil war two decades ago, the Laconian

Politician: After a civil war two decades ago, the Laconian Democratic Republic was separated into two independent states: the Laconian Socialistic Union (LSR) and The Republic of Laconia (TRL). Both newly born states initiated a series of in-depth economic reforms, and now, the average annual per capita income in TRL is 20% greater than in LSR. Given that the two territories had roughly the same average per capita income before the civil war, we can conclude that reforms undertaken by LSR have led to a decrease in the average per capita income of that state’s residents.

The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions?


(A)The cost of living in both countries has remained roughly the same.
(B)The population of LSR is roughly the same as that of TRL.
(C)Reforms initiated by TRL have not resulted in per capita income growing to be 20% greater than two decades ago.
(D)LSU reforms were aimed at concentrating all major industries under state ownership, while TRL focused its reforms on supporting privately owned businesses.
(E)Prior to the split, most of the income generating businesses were situated in territories that became part of TRL.

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