Contrary to the tribalist assumption, cost-savings are good for all men, everywhere.

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The second is the assumption of heroic cost savings from Medicare and deep cuts in payments.

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On this assumption, the net budgetary cost roughly balances the trade benefits.

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The authors, Dr Malcolm Kendrick and Dr Kian Johnson, from Macclesfield health economics analysts Interphase, say that previously the cost of beta interferon has been calculated on the assumption that its benefits do not last beyond the first two years.

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Ultimately, market forces required Madoff to turn himself in, but not until then, and not before the assumption that regulators were actually doing their jobs cost investors billions.

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The assumption is that if African purchasing power remains relatively constant over the next few years and the cost of imported replacement weapons remains significantly higher than the cost of the old stuff, total numbers will decline over time.

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Germany's de facto loans to these banks is equivalent to around 30% of its GDP (this figure is based on the assumption that, in a worst case of a eurozone breakup, Germany was unable to share the cost with other eurozone members on the basis of an official burden-sharing formula).

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South Korea has long made its investment and savings plans on the assumption of double-digit interest rates: not since the long boom began in the 1960s has the cost of borrowing fallen below 10%.

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