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You shall not pass: standardising vaccine passports

Oct 25, 2021

Avantika Chilcotty, an international correspondent for The Economist, dives into the chaos of global vaccine passports and the pressing need for standardization to facilitate international travel. Joanna Lillis, covering Uzbekistan, shares insights on President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's political maneuvers and economic reforms since 2016, amidst lingering democratic challenges. The conversation also touches on the exciting entry of The Economist into the NFT space, exploring the complexities of this digital frontier and its implications for the art world.

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Joanna Lillis

Avantika Chilcotty

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Episode notes

Intro

3min

Navigating Vaccine Passport Standards

8min

Uzbekistan's Presidential Election: A Reformist’s Challenge

2min

Uzbekistan's Political Landscape and Digital Frontiers

8min

Navigating the NFT Landscape and Auction Insights

4min

Covid certificates are a global mess, with countries operating a patchwork of incompatible systems. We look at why it’s so difficult to standardise digital health passes. When the results of Uzbekistan’s elections are published today, the only surprise will be the margin of victory for Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the country’s autocratic leader since 2016. The question is how far he can take his agenda of economic and political reform. And Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), a way of representing ownership of digital media, have taken the art world by storm. Why The Economist is getting in the game.

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