2023-24 Season

The world is changing, fast. Whether it’s the upsurge in armed conflict, the redrawing of the global energy-resources map or rapid progress in artificial intelligence, things are moving at mind-boggling speed. From the situation in the Middle East to the adoption of electric vehicles to the treatment of obesity, things look very different from the way they did just a year or two ago. And 2024 could prove to be a pivotal year, as an unprecedented number of elections and a slowing Chinese economy intersect with growing geopolitical uncertainty. Tom Standage, deputy editor of The Economist and editor of its future-gazing annual, The World Ahead, outlines his ten global trends to watch, analyses what is going on, and considers where things might be going next.

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