Public policy promoting the creative economy has two serious flaws: one, a misperception of culture and creativity as a product of individual genius rather than collective activity; and, two, a willingness to tolerate social dislocation in exchange for urban vitality or competitive advantage. This brief recaps current culture and revitalization research and policy and proposes a new model—a nei...

In this paper we present a model of endogenous trade-policy formation which captures crucial aspects of the Japanese commercial and political culture. We analyze the influence of the portrayed cultural traits and show that cultural idiosyncrasies are important determinants of trade policy formation; especially the complex interaction of the two types of cultures is shown to have significant con...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has taken a massive toll on human life worldwide. case of the United States—the world's largest economy—is particularly noteworthy, since country suffered disproportionately larger number deaths than all other countries during first year pandemic. A careful analysis may shed new light multifaceted processes contributing to this failure and help u...

During the pandemic, Indonesian government implemented policies to protect citizens from virus. One such policy mandated use of PeduliLindungi application for passengers traveling domestically or internationally by land, sea, air. The helps monitor and track virus's spread, provides vaccination information. This study examines government's on PeduliLindungi's how existing legal culture relates ...

Developing suitable frameworks and paradigms (theoretical and practical) is a challenge for all disciplines in the face of rapid technological changes. Technological advances are fundamentally changing discourse in many well-established areas of research; from advances in understanding the brain, questioning the informed wisdom of sectors of the brain, through to impacts of social networks on s...