Volume 8, Number 1: June 2022 Cover Photo: M.H BentonIssue Editor: M.H Benton The Wrong Priority Placed on Public Subsidies for Personal EVs in Thailand Matthew H. Benton | Essay Economists and Corporations: Partners or Opponents? Matthew H. Benton | Essay Protected: Hugo Chavez – Was he really as bad for Venezuela’s Economy as western media presents him? Manuel | Essay Protected: Afro-Chinese Investment Poking Western Anxiety Callum | Essay Protected: El Salvador & CAR: The adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender. What is behind it all? Manuel | Report Protected: Nurly Zhol – Offering a Bright Path for Kazakhs Callum | Report