After some research, albert picked six companies in which to invest money. he discussed his picks with his wife, and she fully supported his choices, so he went ahead and made the investments. after a year, five of the six companies had gone bankrupt, wiping out albert's investments. his wife was furious. she claimed that anyone could have seen that these companies were going to fail. this claim illustrates an error in thinking called:

the assumption the narrator makes in this excerpt is that the messages he heards were going to hurt the narrator's mom; the narrator just springs in to action. the narrator doesn't specify in this excerpt why he believes that the messages present a problem that requires protection.

being born in poverty would limit the people's chances, opportunities and benefits.

this happen because of several things, such as:

- poor people tend to gain less access to good education and nutrition. this mean that their chance to obtain high paying jobs would also be limited.

- poor people tend to socialize with other poor people while the rich tend to socialize with other rich people. this means that simply throguh their social circle, rich people would have more business opportunities compared to the poor people.

- rich people tend to have more capital in their disposal. this would benefit them in business since it is far easier for them to fund their business operation compared to poor people.