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Abstract
We can say Ben is reading, but not Ben's body is reading. The relational account says that this is because our bodies are objects that do not read. On the false-implication account, by contrast, to say Ben's body is reading is to say that Ben is reading, while implying, falsely, that reading is some sort of brute-physical property. Besides being metaphysically neutral, this sort of view explains far better why we cannot say such things as Ben's mind is six feet tall. But neither account explains why we cannot say Ben's body is six feet tall. The article argues that a variant of the false-implication account can solve this puzzle.

AbstractThis paper investigates the impact of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy on the economy of South Africa, particularly during the period of quantitative easing and thereafter from 2009 to 2018. A VAR model, including South Africa's inflation, output, a stock market index, exchange rate, and South Africa's policy rate is examined to determine the impact of the Federal Reserve's actions. Our results show that the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing programs had only slight overall effects on South Africa's economy. However, the way monetary policy is measured appears to have important effects for studies of international monetary spillovers as the results differ depending on the type of monetary policy measure used.

This article uses the promotional mix framework to examine tobacco promotional efforts in five distinct categories: advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing, personal selling, and public relations. We specifically explore how tobacco companies are adapting their promotional efforts in each category subsequent to the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) among the five largest tobacco companies and 46 states. We utilize primarily marketing popular press literature and a comparison between 1998 and 1999 tobacco promotional expenditures to provide a comprehensive picture of emergent tobacco promotional efforts in response to the new restrictions. Numerous adaptations within each category are examined. In particular, substantial new expenditures in the areas of trade-oriented sales promotions, direct marketing, and public relations activities are revealed. Specific tactics being used in each of the five promotional mix categories are discussed.