If Growth Can No Longer Be Counted on to Provide

question 67

Multiple Choice

If growth can no longer be counted on to provide for all the major wants, private and public, of a society, or to sustain all the peripheral members of a society at a level that keeps a lid on mutinous outbreaks, especially in congested urban centers, then some specification of a nation's most serious needs-its social priorities-and some direction as to how goods are to be allocated among society's members are needed. Neil W. Chamberlain, Social Strategy and Corporate Structure

• A) Argument; conclusion: Growth can no longer be counted on ... of a society.
• B) Nonargument.
• C) Argument; conclusion: Some specification ... are needed.
• D) Argument; conclusion: Growth cannot sustain ... members of a society.
• E) Argument; conclusion: Growth cannot keep a lid on mutinous outbreaks.

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