The World Ahead 2025 The Economist Cover Art. The economist publishes its annual predictive guide to the coming year, the world ahead. Ten business trends for 2025, and forecasts for 15 industries.

In a year that promises an unusual degree of change and uncertainty, the world ahead helps you see around the corner and work out what might be coming next.more. In this year’s edition, our correspondents and invited experts consider the global outlook in geopolitics, business, technology and culture;