MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question 113: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 113
7. According to the author, Smith's most important contribution to economics was:
- A. identifying benevolence as man's only virtue.
- B. identifying the role of nature in economics.
- C. identifying self-interest as the best regulator of public affairs.
- D. identifying a method by which to analyze economic activity.
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
D This is a Retrieval question.
A: No. This was Hutchenson, not Smith (see paragraph 1).
B: No. Smith used the term "nature" but the passage does not suggest that he was the first to connect human nature (or the nature of things in general) to economics, or that this was the most important aspect of Smith's work.
C: No. This was an aspect of his contribution, but the author specifically describes the "science" that Smith provides as his most important contribution to the study of economics (paragraph 6).
D: Yes. The author stresses that his lasting and most important contribution was introducing a scientific methodology to economics (paragraph 6).