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In the response to this pandemic, two vital, but controversial ethical questions are we should allocate ventilators to patients with severe respiratory failure, and how we should distribute vaccines to people at risk of contracting coronavirus. There There are opposing ethical views about how to prioritise, and countries have taken different different differentdifferentapproaches.
There There is a strong ethical argument that policies should take a pluralistic approach to allocation that reflectsreflects reflectsreflectsreflectsmultiple ethical values - both because of the diversity of viewpoints within communities and the recognition that there are competing relevant ethical values. In this chapter, I look at the epistemic and normative problems raised by pluralistic allocation in this pandemic and suggest implications for future pandemics. I summarise some of the relevant evidence about the public's views and values relating to prioritisation. I also explore some practical approaches to prioritisation of scarce resources in the face of contrasting and competing ethical values

Managerial economics, meaning the application of economic methods in the managerial decision-making process, is a fundamental part of any business or management course. The current business environment presents managers with increasingly difficult decisions, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, as well as the digital revolution and improved technology. Now in its second edition, this textbook features a new focus on how managerial economics has been transformed by the increasing importance of digitization within both the workplace and wider economy. It also features a new chapter on consumer theory, which emphasizes psychological factors and behavioural economics. Wilkinson adapts a user-friendly problem-solving approach to take the reader in gradual steps from simple problems through increasingly difficult material to complex case studies, demonstrating how to apply the principles of managerial economics to real-life situations. This book will be invaluable to business and economics students at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Intro -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Copyright Information © -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter One -- Introduction -- Chapter Two -- The Early Years - A Badly Behaved Youth -- Chapter Three -- RMA Sandhurst - Learning to be an Officer and Gentleman -- Chapter Four -- The Green Machine - The Commando Years -- Chapter Five -- The Maroon Machine - 7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery -- Chapter Six -- Junior Leaders - A New Challenge -- Chapter Seven -- Special Forces and Northern Ireland -- Chapter Eight -- The Army Staff College and Back to Northern Ireland -- Chapter Nine -- Life as an Unconventional Officer in a Conventional Army -- Chapter Ten -- Peace-Keeping Doctrine Writer -- Chapter Eleven -- An Academic at King's College, University of London -- Chapter Twelve -- The Iraqi Currency Exchange Program -- Chapter Thirteen -- 2004, Even by My Standards a Crazy Year -- Chapter Fourteen -- Afghanistan - Victory into Defeat -- Chapter Fifteen -- Iraq and the Flip Flop Years -- Chapter Sixteen -- Senior Leaders Course, Occupied Palestinian Territories -- Chapter Seventeen -- Somali - The Culmination of Fifty Years of Experience -- Chapter Eighteen -- The Real Designers of the Weapons of Peace - My Essential Partners.

Intro -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Copyright Information © -- Acknowledgement -- Preface -- Cyril Roe, 1st WW Veteran -- A Life Ruined by War -- John Hellier, 1st WW -- My Husband's Grandfather -- William Lawson 1st and 2nd WW Veteran and the Angel of Montz -- William and the Two World Wars -- The 1st WW -- William Lawson 2nd WW -- William Lawson in the Years of Peace -- Mabel Lawson -- Henry Behrens -- The Smallest Man in the World -- Herbert Farnsworth 1914-18 WW -- Herbert Farnsworth, my late grandfather -- The Buzz Bomb -- The Brave Airmen -- An Amusing Incident -- Prisoner of War Camp, Stanley Hill, Wakefield -- The Bible -- Bill Jaucqes' 2nd WW -- This is Bill's Story -- Bill's Cricketing Years -- France -- France -- Belgium -- Dunkirk -- The Ultimate Insult -- Bill's Sister -- Arnhem -- Jock -- Belson -- Armley Jail Leeds -- Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer -- Ken Wilkinson, RAF Peace Keeping Movement in Germany After 2nd WW -- William Lawson's Nephew -- Eric Wilkinson, Owner of Ltd Casings, Ken's Younger Brother -- Fish and Chip Shops -- Local Election -- The Pool -- Harold Wilkinson, Eric And Ken's Father -- The A Bomb -- Sir Matt Busby, Manchester United -- Recalling Happy Memories.

This text explores terrorism as a strategic choice - one made carefully and deliberately by rational actors. Through an analysis of the terrorist groups of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, it charts a series of different strategic 'scripts' at play in terrorist behaviour, from survival, to efforts in mobilising a supporter base, through to the grinding attrition of a long terrorist campaign.

This book explores terrorism as a strategic choice - one made carefully and deliberately by rational actors. Through an analysis of the terrorist groups of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, it charts a series of different strategic 'scripts' at play in terrorist behaviour, from survival, to efforts in mobilising a supporter base, through to the grinding attrition of a long terrorist campaign. The theme that runs through all these organisations is the unbridgeable gap between their strategic vision,and what actually unfolds. Regardless of which script terrorists follow, they often fall short of achieving their political ambitions. And yet, despite its frequent failure, the terrorist strategy is returned to time and again--people continue to join such groups, and to commit violence. Scripts of Terror explores the reasons behind this. It asks why, if terrorism is so rarely successful and so hard to pull off, its approach remains an appealing one. And it examines how terrorists formulate their strategies, and how they envisage achieving their ambitions through violence. Most importantly, it explores why they so often fail.

The rise of hypodescent in seventeenth-century English America -- Children of mixed lineage in the colonial Chesapeake -- Mulattoes and Mustees in the northern colonies and Carolinas -- Mixed-heritage identities in the eighteenth century -- Mulatto marriages, partnerships, and intimate connections -- The advantages and disadvantages of blended ancestry.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Asia-Pacific Economy -- Chapter 2: Singapore -- Chapter 3: Korea -- Chapter 4: Taiwan -- Chapter 5: Hong Kong -- Chapter 6: Labour and Industry in East Asia -- References -- Index -- Backmatter