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Passage Summary: To get out of a recession fast, you need people to invest money, but they only do that if they trust the government's plans. The author thinks countries that care more about the group than the individual won't recover fast.

Conclusion: Countries that prioritize collective goals over individual goals cannot recover quickly from an economic recession.

Reasoning: Rapid recovery requires new investment, and new investment requires that people have confidence in the country's economic policies.

Analysis: The economist provides a clear chain: Recovery needs Investment, and Investment needs Confidence. However, the conclusion suddenly introduces 'collective goals' as a dealbreaker for recovery without explaining why. To bridge this gap, we need a premise that explicitly connects collective goals to a lack of confidence. Look for an answer that guarantees that if a country prioritizes collective goals, people will lack the necessary confidence in its economic policies.

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Which one of the following, if assumed, enables the economist's conclusion to be properly drawn?

Correct Answer
D
D supplies the missing link by saying people in such countries lack confidence in economic policy. With that and the given premises, it follows that these countries cannot get the required new investment and thus cannot emerge quickly from recession.
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