Statement: If you are a middleman, the Internet's promise of cheaper prices and faster services can "dis-intermediate" you. Assumptions: I. Middlemen are often found as a major hindrance to efficient working of the economy. II. Middlemen have the main role of assisting the transaction between the producer and the consumer.

• if only assumption I is implicit.
• if only assumption II is implicit.
• if either I or II is implicit.
• if neither I nor II is implicit.