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.

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/ApproachThe premise addresses structural economic interdependence, not citizen work ethic.

Step-by-step reasoning1) '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 AnswerOnly conclusion I follows.