economist icon
home icon
hamburger icon

Menu

  • Leaders

  • World

  • Business & finance

  • Science & technology

  • Culture

  • Extra

The World In 2018

The pendulum of power swings back towards the state

Three reasons to expect a shift in the balance between governments and markets: a "techlash", Macronism, and changing attitudes to China
Tue Nov 07 2017

Leaders

A new age of discovery for biology

An age of discovery is in prospect for biology, predicts Feng Zhang, co-inventor of CRISPR
Tue Nov 07 2017

Science

The stand-out moments of 2018

The World in 2018 brings you tomorrow's water-cooler moments, today
Wed Dec 20 2017

Culture

North Korea and the Trump administration

In 2018 President Trump will have to choose between diplomacy or war
Tue Nov 07 2017

Leaders

Brexit beckons

The shortage of time before Britain is to leave the EU will make the early months of 2018 especially fraught.
Tue Nov 07 2017

Britain

Alexei Navalny calls out Putin’s hypocrisy

Alexei Navalny predicts that young Russians who want change will start to realise their power
Tue Nov 07 2017

Europe

Xi Jinping and China's new era of reform

Xi Jinping has announced a new era. It won’t be an era of reform in the Western sense
Tue Nov 07 2017

China

Rem Koolhaas sees the future in the countryside

It is time to learn from the radical change happening beyond the world’s cities
Tue Nov 07 2017

Culture

America's bosses will be dragged into politics

Whether they like it or not, America's CEOs will find themselves in the centre of the political fray
Tue Nov 07 2017

Business

The potential economic flashpoints in 2018

Despite the rosy forecasts, there are several plausible crises that could scupper those projections
Tue Nov 07 2017

Finance

  • Buy The World in 2018
  • Subscribe
  • Contact us
  • Help

Keep updated

  • facebook icon
  • twitter icon
  • linkedin icon
  • googleplus icon
  • tumblr icon
  • instagram icon
mail iconNewsletters
  • Advertise
  • Editorial Staff
  • Reprints
  • Careers
  • 2016 edition
  • 2017 edition
  • 2018 edition
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility

Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2018. All rights reserved.