Acemoglu and Robinson pithily diagnose the cause of these disappointing outcomes in their final chapter: "Attempting to engineer prosperity without confronting the root cause of the problems—extractive institutions and the policies that keeps them in place—in unlikely to bear fruit."

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Acemoglu and Robinson pithily diagnose the cause of these disappointing outcomes in their final chapter: "Attempting to engineer prosperity without confronting the root cause of the problems—extractive institutions and the policies that keeps them in place—in unlikely to bear fruit."

—“What Makes Countries Rich or Poor?” by Jared Diamond

Which reading strategy would be the best to employ in understanding this excerpt?
I think its B
summarize the passage

define the word “pithily”

visualize engineering prosperity

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Answer 1

Is defining one word a reading strategy?

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