Then, before the favor is executed, the persuader ups the ante and explains that the favor is actually larger than previously described.

然后，在该请求完成以前，说服者提高价码，并说明需要帮助的事比先前描述的事更大。

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For an individual's cost is subjective and ephemeral; it appears only ex ante, at the moment before the individual makes a decision.

一个人的成本是主观的，转瞬即逝。它只出现在事前，即在人作出决定之前。

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However, Americans with no or inadequate health insurance do have an alternative before then to waiting for an altruistic aristocrat to ante up: they can beg.

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Without effective leadership, the country blindly reverted to the status quo ante, with the same few people making a lot of money, if a little less than before, and the same people doing badly, if a little worse.

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