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13 Feb 2020, 03:27
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Since multinational grain companies operate so as to maximize profits, they cannot be relied to initiate economic changes that would reform the world’s food-distribution system. Although it is true that the actions of multinational companies sometimes do result in such economic change, this result is incidental, arising not from the desire for reform but from the desire to maximize profits. The maximization of profits normally depends on a stable economic environment, one that discourages change.
The main point of the argument is that
(A) the maximization of profits depends on a stable economic environment
(B) when economic change accompanies business activity, that change is initiated by concern for the profit motive
(C) multinational grain companies operates so as to maximize profits
(D) the world’s current food-distribution system is not in need of reform
(E) multinational grain companies cannot be relied on to initiate reform of the world’s food-distribution system
The main point of the argument is that
(A) the maximization of profits depends on a stable economic environment
(B) when economic change accompanies business activity, that change is initiated by concern for the profit motive
(C) multinational grain companies operates so as to maximize profits
(D) the world’s current food-distribution system is not in need of reform
(E) multinational grain companies cannot be relied on to initiate reform of the world’s food-distribution system
16 Mar 2020, 08:23
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Can someone explain why answer is E and not B?
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16 Mar 2020, 08:52
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Bunuel
P1 :- Multinational grain companies operate so as to maximize profits
P2 :- Although it is true that the actions of multinational companies sometimes do result in such economic change, this result is incidental, arising not from the desire for reform but from the desire to maximize profits.
P3 :- The maximization of profits normally depends on a stable economic environment, one that discourages change
Conclusion :- Multinational grain companies cannot be relied to initiate economic changes that would reform the world’s food-distribution system
Main Point is generally the rephrased conclusion of the argument.
Option A, B and C are all premises i.e. a fact statement and not a conclusion. Option D is just not true.
Option E is the actual rephrased conclusion which is what the author is talking about and the rest of the sentences are just there to support his argument.
Answer - E
