scholarly journals 'Bind Me More Tightly Still': Voluntary Restraint Against Gun Suicide

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrick E. Vars ◽  
Angela Selvaggio
Keyword(s):  
Worldview ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 22 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Jon Woronoff

The Japan-America trade war, which our authorities are pressing on many fronts, is only part of a much broader offensive. There are skirmishes or battles going on all around the globe. The European Community claps restrictions or imposes “voluntary” restraint. Australia and New Zealand pound on the table and make threats. The ASEAN countries hint that it will be hard to cooperate while they suffer negative trade balances. The Third World countries whine that they would appreciate more Japanese development aid. And the Arab nations roar that Japan will go energy hungry if it doesn't help them build up their industry (and reverse its earlier policy on the Middle East).


Author(s):  
Takeshi Kano ◽  
Kotaro Yasui ◽  
Taishi Mikami ◽  
Munehiro Asally ◽  
Akio Ishiguro

As of July 2020, COVID-19 caused by SARS-COV-2 is spreading worldwide, causing severe economic damage. While minimizing human contact is effective in managing outbreaks, it causes severe economic losses. Strategies to solve this dilemma by considering the interrelation between the spread of the virus and economic activities are urgently needed to mitigate the health and economic damage. Here, we propose an abstract agent-based model of the COVID-19 outbreak that accounts for economic activities. The computational simulation of the model recapitulates the trade-off between the health and economic damage associated with voluntary restraint measures. Based on the simulation results, we discuss how the macroscopic dynamics of infection and economics emerge from individuals’ behaviours. We believe our model can serve as a platform for discussing solutions to the above-mentioned dilemma.


2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Kotchen ◽  
Michael R. Moore

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