By Alina Utrata* – Boston Review Billionaires such as Musk, Bezos, and Branson peddle the idea that space represents a public hope, all the while reaping big private profits Having made enormous fortunes on Earth, billionaires are now racing each other to space. Former Amazon…
By Nadia Batok* Impact of the 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic on aviation Aviation is undoubtedly one of the sectors hit hardest by the outbreak of COVID-19. After first appearing in Wuhan in China in December 2019, coronavirus has spread to at least 171 countries and…
The Economist Covid-19 presents economic policymakers with a new sort of threat It mixes demand and supply effects The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, or so reckoned Franklin Roosevelt. In many an economic downturn that is true—an anxiety-induced reluctance to…
By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International Magazine The former Soviet republic returns to its origins at the hand of China In Uzbekistan, in the heart of central Asia, is the mythical Samarkand, whose name is associated with a beautiful love story and is one of the oldest…
