Professor Lucy Dobbs of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations recently wrote that chain stores weaken local economies. Compared to chain stores, local businesses spend 6 percent more on hiring local workers. Local charities report significantly higher donations from local businesses. In one town, United Way received most of its income from two local groceries, a hometown bank, and a handful of local specialty shops. What evidence suggests that local businesses are more generous than chain stores?

These are the answer choices for the question:

a. Local businesses strengthen local economies.

b. Local businesses hire local workers.

c. Local businesses make bigger donations to charities.

d. Local businesses give to their local United Way.

And this is the correct answer choice:

c. Local businesses make bigger donations to charities.

Explanation:

In the text of the question, several arguments are made in favor of local businesses over chain stores, and one of these arguments is the fact that local charities report significantly higher donations from local businesses.

This argument works as evidence to support the point that local businesses are at least more generous than chain stores. However, this point cannot be used to determine that local businesses are better for the overall economy than chain stores, because many other aspects would have to be factored in to reach such a conclusion.

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