Passage Summary:

Conclusion: Prohibiting the sale of thangkas to tourists would lead to the death of the art form.

Reasoning: Young artists depend on sales to survive, and if they cannot sell to tourists, they will abandon the craft for more profitable art forms.

Analysis: Yvette counters Xavier’s elitist 'quality control' plan by pointing out the harsh economic reality of the art world. While Xavier is worried about the 'purity' of the art, Yvette is worried about the artists having to eat. She uses a causal prediction to show that Xavier's solution would actually accelerate the very 'dying art form' he is trying to save. Look for an answer that describes her method as identifying an unintended, devastating consequence of a proposed policy.