why do you think that Shankar vedantam includes the economist's thoughts after the stories of people in disaster situations?

a. both connotative and denotative.

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this answer to this question is c. allegory

why?

stories with allegories have a hidden symbolic meaning with a theme. the hidden meaning can be political, or other real life problems.