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Deus Ex Pandemus: Is Movement Control Here to Stay?

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Conspiracy theorists and laymen wonder whether the emergency measures introduced in response to COVID-19 will be upheld even after the pandemic is over. Using plot elements of Deus Ex the video game, one can show that measures such as movement control are not sustainable in the long run.

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  • Podshivalov, Georgii, 2020. "Deus Ex Pandemus: Is Movement Control Here to Stay?," MPRA Paper 99690, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    JEL classification:

    • D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
    • F6 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization
    • H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
    • H19 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Other
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • K19 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Other
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • P19 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Other

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