<u>Answer:</u>
The statement that weakens the above argument is that most chocolate in stores is manufactured from Kuku that was purchased two years earlier.
Option: (E)
<u>Explanation:</u>
- It is clear from the narration of the case that it is being expected that the price of cocoa would rice in the next six months.
- But the statement that clarifies that the chocolates in stock now are manufactured from the cocoa that was purchased two years earlier simply ascertains the possibility that there is a stock of cocoa now left that would last for another two years.
- This possibility defies the argument stated in the narration.
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However, we can say that the biggest elements that exist in a market economy, but do not exist in a capitalist system is the production of goods and services determined by the concepts of demand and supply. This is because in the market economy, the production of goods and services is determined by these two elements, whereas in the communist system, this production is determined by the government.