
This future-gazing series examines an assortment of speculative scenarios, what-if conjectures and provocative prophecies. Not all of them will come to pass, but thinking about possible futures can help us understand the present, and catch glimpses of the world ahead.
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| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 57 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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We turn the spotlight on forecasting itself, and look back on the predictions we made for 2022. How accurate were we? How do “superforecasters” look into the future? And how can forecasters account for irrational world leaders when predicting major e... more
Where is American politics heading in 2023? Alexandra Suich Bass, The Economist's senior correspondent for politics, technology and society, and our Lexington columnist, James Bennet, look outside Washington, DC, to the four mega-states to take the p... more
When it comes to demographic shifts, 2023 is going to be a big year. India will overtake China to become the world’s most populous country in 2023—and China’s population will start to shrink. What are the pros and cons of growing and shrinking popula... more
As president Xi Jinping begins his third five-year term, China’s path forward is uncertain. Covid-19 is tearing through the country after it relaxed its strict “zero-covid” policies. China also faces slowing economic growth and rising geopolitical te... more
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Charlotte Howard however, what does she add to the show? Who is behind Ms Howard’s career? Ms Howard missed the whole energy sector dominance of the past 3 years as energy corespondent she placed readers of The Economist in a lagging position. Shame on you for keeping her on and spreading her poor performance to other programs.
The new law is not working out so I’m sure it is not going on with that one but it will probably
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If you are going to do a look at future. Don’t simplify the content. Would be more interesting if you actually pretended to be in 2042. What was the point of doing an intro transition only then to be left explain what might happen from the present stand point. Either commit to being ‘in’ 2042 or try a different intro. Feels weird and simplistic let explained
John Fazman, I’m not in any way a religious Jew but from my experience with kosher laws if a product is synthetic and nothing unkosher came into contact with the product during or in its production there isn’t a kosher problem.
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