Michael Taube's Argument Analysis

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To create a formidable article, authors have a way of arranging the facts, ideas, problems, and use them to formulate conclusions that help readers understand the purpose of the material. Kent Lewis (2008, p.337) stated that "deductive reasoning describes a process of applying known truths to real situations and reaching new conclusions". It is a type of the logical reasoning that Michael Taube attempts to use in his article to prove that globalization is beneficial to the society at large. The author mentioned that "If a product in Canada is inferior to a product from Korea, the smart consumer will buy the latter” (Taube, 2008, p. 378). In this conclusion, Taube uses a support or reasoning to build into the conclusion that consumers buy cheaper

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