The coming economic recovery will surely be strong. Most of the economists in the investment companies now aggree this is so, though the leading academic economists still think otherwise. since the investment companies' economists are risking their jobs when they make forecasts, wheras academic economists have lifelong tenure, it generally makes sense to take the investment companies' economists more seriously.
The main conclusion of the argument is supported only
A. by comparing the number of experts who agree with the conclusion with the number who disagree with the conclusion
B. through an assessment of the likely risks and consequences of believing one or another strand of expert opinion
C. through projection from the economic prospects for investment companies to the economic prospects for the economy as a whole
D. through an assessment of the relative reliability of the experts who agree with the conclusion as compared with that of those who disagree
E. by attacking the character of those experts who disagree with the conclusion