The World Ahead
2022: a preview of the year’s biggest themes
What will the next 12 months bring?
From taming cryptocurrencies to sending tourists to space, what can we expect in 2022? In The World Ahead, The Economist’s future-gazing annual, our correspondents and outside experts predict the key trends and stories to emerge in the coming year. Tom Standage, its editor, looks forward to the biggest themes of 2022.