The World in 2009 – The Economist

Κυκλοφόρησε για 23η χρονιά η ετήσια έκδοση “The Wold in” του έγκριτου “The Economist“. Το “The World in 2009” μπορείτε να το βρείτε εξ ολοκλήρου online ενώ η έντυπη έκδοση θα κυκλοφορήσει στην Ελλάδα σε λίγες ημέρες όπου πωλείται ξένος τύπος. Μερικές επιλογές:

America’s new hope
But in 2009 Barack Obama will have to learn how to say no both at home and abroad, argues John Micklethwait

Buckle up
Robin Bew expects even tougher times ahead for the global economy

The year of unsustainability
We will see whether business and governments are serious about sustainability, says Daniel Franklin

Shocking science
Geoffrey Carr expects scientists to provide a year of celebrations and screams

The perils of sharing
The surprising threat to your privacy is closer than you think, cautions Andreas Kluth

Pick your scenario
America’s economy is in a funk. How bad will it get and how long will it last?

The bucks stop here
What happens when Americans start to save

Nice project, shame about the voters
One vote after another disturbs the European agenda

Twenty years of capitalism: was it worth it?
Yes—but it’s not so simple

Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen?
Don’t count on a climate-change deal

No more business as usual
Now for the corporate crunch

Flight to value
No-nonsense brands will prosper in 2009

Led by the nose
Retailers will try out a baffling array of smells, sounds and sights on hapless shoppers

Happy birthday, Barbie
What will a superdoll do at 50?

The upside of a downturn
Fired with enthusiasm

Intensive scare
Several disruptive innovations will soon make life harder for health care’s established giants

The year of the CFO
Corporate life won’t be funny

Old Macdonald gets some cash
After the year of food crisis, the year of the farmer

Time to re-embrace globalisation
Jeff Immelt, chairman and chief executive of General Electric, urges business and political leaders to embrace competition, not protectionism, as the way through economic turmoil

A year of astronomy
The search for life beyond Earth

Life on Man
Why you should be happy to be a hybrid

Cancer killers
After many a false dawn, gene therapy’s experimental promise will at last turn into clinical reality

A fin-tuned design
The propeller will soon be replaced with something decidedly fishy

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