Raising vs Limping with AK & similar hands

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Was re-reading HEPFAP last night and came across the section where Sklansky says that preflop raising isn't necessarily good because by making the pot big, you give chasers the correct odds to draw to gutshots, backdoor flushes and the like. While you want them to chase (profit) you don't want them to have the correct odds for doing so, so limping is better than raising preflop.

Now isn't raising preflop with hands like AKo and the like a +EV move, since you likely hold the best hand and are winning a larger percentage of the pot so you want more money IN that pot you're a favorite to win?

To me this looks like a conflict. However, I'm sure the decision to raise vs. limp is situationally dependent. My question is what criteria differentiates these situations? Is it # of players in the hand? Position? Type of table? Something else?

(I'm still learning, so if I've gotten some or all of this wrong, feel free to correct me.)