October 2004 LSAT
Section 4
Question 20
Shula on October 23 at 11:51PM
Please explain why D is correct. Meanwhile, is C wrong b/c it says "experts"?Emil-Kunkin on October 26 at 12:35AM
The argument proceeds by showing that since winners of an economics prize all use the same retirement plan, that plan is a good one. There are several ways we could attack this. First, economists are not necessarily personal financial advisors, and may not actually be authority figures on the matter. Second, this prize may not actually be worth anything. If this is a prize for the best state government economist in Idaho (excluding economists living in Boise), I wouldn't care much about the views of its past winners. Third, we have no idea if the economists even chose acme. Since many economists work in academia, perhaps Acme is just the national retirement plan for college professors. This would defeat the argument, since if the economists, didn't actually choose the plan, the conclusion falls apart.