During the 1980s, many economic historians studying Latin America focused on the impact of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Most of these historians argued that although the Depression began earlier in Latin America than in the United States, it was less severe in Latin America and did not significantly impede industrial growth there. The historians’ argument was grounded in national government records concerning tax revenues and exports and in government-sponsored industrial censuses, from which historians have drawn conclusions about total manufacturing output and profit levels across Latin America. However, economic statistics published by Latin American governments in the early twentieth century are neither reliable nor consistent; this is especially true of manufacturing data, which were gathered from factory owners for taxation purposes and which therefore may well be distorted. Moreover, one cannot assume a direct correlation between the output level and the profit level of a given industry as these variables often move in opposite directions. Finally, national and regional economies are composed of individual firms and industries, and relying on general, sweeping economic indicators may mask substantial variations among these different enterprises. For example, recent analyses of previously unexamined data on textile manufacturing in Brazil and Mexico suggest that the Great Depression had a more severe impact on this Latin American industry than scholars had recognized.
460: The primary purpose of the passage is to
A) compare the impact of Great Depression on Latin America with its impact on the United States
B) criticize a school of economic historians for failing to analyze the Great Depression in Latin America within a global contextC)
C) illustrate the risks inherent in comparing different types of economic enterprises to explain economic phenomena
D call into question certain scholars’ views concerning the severity of the Great Depression in Latin America
E) demonstrate that the Great Depression had a more severe impact on industry in Latin America than in certain other regions)
461: Which of the following conclusions about the Great Depression is best supported by the passage?
A) It did not impede Latin American industrial growth as much as historians had previously thought.
B) It had a more severe impact on the Brazilian and the Mexican textile industries than it had on Latin America as a region.
C) It affected the Latin American textile industries more severely than it did any other industry in Latin America.
D) The overall impact on Latin American industrial growth should be reevaluated by economic historians.
E) Its impact on Latin America should not be compared with its impact on the United States.
462: Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the author’s assertion regarding economic indicators (the highlight part)?
A) During an economic depression, European textile manufacturers’ profits rise while their industrial output remains steady.
B) During a national economic recession, United States microchips manufacturers’ profits rise sharply while United States steel manufacturers’ profits plunge.
C) During the years f industry as a whole recovers after an economic recession, it does not regain its previously high levels of production.
D) Although Japanese industry as a whole recovers after an economic recession, it does not regain its previously high levels of production.
E) While European industrial output increases in the years following an economic depression, total output remains below that of Japan or the United States.
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