The World in 2017

Features The World in 2017

The World in 2017 app contains The Economist’s annual collection of detailed, numerate andopinionated predictions for the year ahead.
The World in 2017 features leading figures frompolitics, business, finance, science, technology and the arts alongside prominent journalistsfrom The Economist and other leading news publications.Download the full app to read contributions by the leaders of Canada and Taiwan who identifytheir political ambitions for 2017; George Clooney, whose new NGO has a bold approach toending conflict in South Sudan and beyond; a member of Pussy Riot, the Russian feministprotest group, who anticipates a return to revolution; and the CEO of YouTube, who predictshow the world will change its viewing habits in 2017.
The World In 2017 app for Android smartphone and tablet offers free access to a smallselection of articles; within the app you can pay to read the full selection of the magazine’sarticles and view related video content.
The World In 2017 looks ahead to a new American presidency, a Chinese Communist PartyCongress, elections in France and Germany and the political and economic challenges ofBrexit, and marks a number of poignant global anniversaries—500 years since Martin Lutherpublished his 95 theses, 100 years since Lenin launched the Russian revolution and 10 yearssince Steve jobs unveiled the iPhone.
In our 31st edition, we include a special sectionfeaturing forecasts from 14 globally-minded millennials, ranging from a Syrian refugee-turned-photographer, an iconoclastic Chilean reggaeton artist, one of ballet’s biggest emergingnames and leading online voices for young Africans and Muslim American women.
Read articles on world news, finance, technology, politics and the arts from:Sadiq Khan, mayor of London; Maria Alyokhina, member of Pussy Riot; George Clooney,actor; Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada; Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP; SusanWojcicki, CEO of YouTube; Jin Liqun, president, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank; HiroshiMikitani, CEO of Rakuten; Tsai Ing-wen, president of Taiwan; Yvonne Chaka Chaka, singer;Yuri Milner, entrepreneur and physicist; and Ray Dalio, Founder of Bridgewater Associates.
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