The Economist
Tom Standage's annual predictions for the year ahead
Speed will be the hallmark of 2024. Life comes at us fast says Tom Standage, deputy editor of The Economist magazine and editor of the annual forward looking special edition, The World Ahead in 2024.
…Are the Irish twice as rich as us?
Mediawatch - A business lobby group is urging New Zealand to emulate Ireland, which has a GDP twice as big as ours - but is the GDP picture warped? Audio
Are the Irish twice as rich as us?
Mediawatch - A business lobby group is urging New Zealand to emulate Ireland, which has a GDP twice as big as ours - but is the GDP picture warped?
AudioBeware the decoy effect
There's one particularly cunning type of pricing strategy that marketers use to get you to switch your choice from one option to a more expensive or profitable one. It's called the decoy effect… Audio
Predictions for the world in 2020
In 2020, we'll see a very ugly US presidential election, the "very long saga" of Brexit dominating British politics and, hopefully, real action on climate change, says the editor of The Economist's… Audio
Predicting 2018
Daniel Franklin is a brave man. He's the executive editor of the Economist and part of his job is gather his editorial team together at the end of the year and make predictions about the year to… Audio
Bowie: In memoriam, ad nauseam?
David Bowie was one of a handful of artists whose death could monopolise front pages and lead news bulletins all around the world. Mediawatch looks at some tributes which stood out among the many… Video, Audio
Bowie: In memoriam, ad nauseam?
David Bowie was one of a handful of artists whose death could monopolise front pages and lead news bulletins all around the world. Mediawatch looks at some tributes which stood out among the many…
Video, Audio