According to the passage, which of the following is the best set of reasons for which one needs to "look hard" at an economist's language?
A. Economists accomplish a great deal through their language. B. Economics is an opinion-based subject. C. Economics has a great impact on other's lives. D. Economics damaging.
Explanation:
In the last paragraph, the author says, “Unfortunately, though, the conclusions are of more than academic interest. The conversations of classicists or of astronomers rarely affect the lives of other people. Those of economists do so, on a large scale.” Because the conversation affects lives of other people and are of more than academic interest, statements (a) and (d) hold true. In the third paragraph, the author states that economics is not just a matter of opinion as stated in statement (b). With that, options 1 and 4 can be eliminated. Economics is not damaging (last line of last paragraph), economists and their conversations are, and therefore (d) can be ruled out and with that, option 2 is eliminated. Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
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