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Re: Conventional wisdom has it that large deficits in the United [#permalink]
Ans C, C

For 1 it is not A because it is too exteme.

For 2 i am opting C because
Currently, there is no reason to expect deficits to cause inflation.  However, since many financiers believe that deficits ordinarily create inflation, then admittedly they will be inclined to raise interest rates to offset mistakenly anticipated inflation

then admittedly here sounds as if it says since deficits ordinarily cause inflation, and that causes intrest rates to go up therefore i.e. because that is a accepted norm that deficits inc inflation inc, intrests rates inc the financers will follow the norm

BUT A says that the second argument has some truth i.e. the norm to it but not for reasons usually supposed which means that the financers mistakenly anticipated inflation is the fault.

This dosent summarize why admittedly is used, instead it summarizes the 3rd passage.
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Re: Conventional wisdom has it that large deficits in the United [#permalink]
How can C be the OA for q1?
As propenents will weaken their own arguement if they most likely agree with C.
As per q1, we need to weaken the arguement by evaluating the details as mentioned in para 3 & para 1. As para 3 says:
Financing the deficit by increasing the money supply should cause inflation only when there is not enough room for economic growth

It seems that E directly contradicts the stated premise and thus proponents will likely agree with option E.

Please correct my reasoning if wrong.
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Re: Conventional wisdom has it that large deficits in the United [#permalink]
Agree with C,A

increasing the money supply with insufficient regard for whether there is enough room for economic growth to enable such an increase to occur without causing inflation.

This point is highlighted to tell there is something more than "not ..care abt inflation"
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Re: Conventional wisdom has it that large deficits in the United [#permalink]
For 2nd question why option D is wrong... Plz explain :twisted: :twisted:
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Re: Conventional wisdom has it that large deficits in the United [#permalink]
Can you please explain what is the difference between option A & C from q1?

Both show that they are careless ...
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Re: Conventional wisdom has it that large deficits in the United [#permalink]
I marked E for the 1st question.
Can anybody explain what is wrong with E.

I marked D for the 2nd question.
Can anybody explain what is wrong with D. Why is A the correct answer?
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Re: Conventional wisdom has it that large deficits in the United [#permalink]
For me it's A, A. Choice C for Q1 seems out of scope to me, we are talking only about policy to reduce deficit, economic policies are too general, it might include policies regarding unemployment, for example, then we have no evidence that the government is careless. A is not the perfect answer, but it makes way more sense than C, IMO
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Re: Conventional wisdom has it that large deficits in the United [#permalink]
I thought it is E and A. OE please??
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Re: Conventional wisdom has it that large deficits in the United [#permalink]
Answers are E and A too.

And C does not make sense: proponents of the second argument would most likely agree with of the following statement: The United States government is sometimes careless in formulating its economic policies.

The proponent will agree that the government is carless about economic policies????

They only admit that the educational skills of the government is not optimal (or efficient), but this does not necessary involve an economic policy!

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