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The Economist: The World Ahead

A guide to the resources available through the Department's subscription to The Economist.

The World Ahead

The World Ahead offers analysis and predictions for 2022 and is The Economist's guide to the coming year. This online feature is available exclusively to subscribers and includes content written by The Economist correspondents and by outside experts who consider the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it will shape politics, economics, business and culture. Articles can be viewed thematically at www.economist.com/the-world-ahead-2022. The complete contents list is available at www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2021/12/13/the-world-ahead-2022. A selection of articles is available below. 

Central banks are getting closer to issuing their own digital money 

Alice Fulwood, Wall Street Correspondent, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

 

The aftermath of the pandemic will make politics more turbulent

Robert Guest, Foreign Editor, The Economist 

November 8, 2021 

 

A three-way fight to shape the future of digital finance has begun 

Rachana Shanbhogue, Finance Editor, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

 

The fight over the hybrid future of work 

Callum Williams, Senior Economics Writer, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

 

Energy investment needs to increase—so bills and taxes must rise

Patrick Foulis, Business Affairs Editor, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

 

Commercial property's biggest challenge is not the pandemic

Vinjeru Mkandawire, Global Property Correspondent, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

Africa's biggest economies will struggle in 2022

Kinley Salmon, Africa Correspondent, The Economist

November 8, 2021

 

Chinese firms are quietly pursuing a new global strategy 

Don Weinland, China Business and Finance Editor, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

China hopes to flaunt the merits of its political system over America's

David Rennie, Beijng Bureau Chief and Chaguan Columnist, The Economist

November 8, 2021

 

Will the world economy return to normal in 2022?

Henry Curr, Economics Editor, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

Antitrust regulators face vibrant competition—with each other 

Ludwig Siegele, US Technology Editor, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

 

How to ensure that the future of work is fair for all

Sacha Nauta, Deputy Executive Editor, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

Francis Fukuyama on the end of American hegemony

Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at Stanford University 

November 8, 2021 

What next? 22 emerging technologies to watch in 2022

The Science and Technology Correspondents of The Economist 

November 8, 2021

 

Decentralised finance is booming, but it has yet to find its purpose

Alice Fulwood, Wall Street Correspondent, The Economist 

November 8, 2021

Why 2022 will be the year of the worker

Callum Williams, Senior Economics Writer, The Economist 

November 8, 2021