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Economic interdependence – national self-sufficiency claim: “No country is absolutely self-dependent these days.” Determine which conclusions are compelled regarding the feasibility of producing everything a country needs and the laziness of citizens.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows

Explanation:

Given data

  • Premise: No country is absolutely self-dependent in contemporary times.
  • Conclusion I: It is impossible to grow and produce all that a country needs.
  • Conclusion II: Countrymen in general have become lazy.

Concept/Approach
The premise addresses structural economic interdependence, not citizen work ethic.


Step-by-step reasoning
1) 'Not absolutely self-dependent' directly implies a country cannot produce all that it needs internally ⇒ Conclusion I follows.2) Nothing in the premise mentions citizen behavior, motivation, or laziness ⇒ Conclusion II does not follow.


Final Answer
Only conclusion I follows.

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