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The World Ahead

How will we live in 2025? From global business to the rise of China, from populist politics to demands for equality, from technology to a post-Covid workforce, FT and Nikkei journalists examine the forces that will shape our collective future

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Life in 2025: what will the future look like?
From finance and tech to work, consumer trends and energy, FT and Nikkei journalists imagine the world in five years’ time
China’s power is rising in an unstable world
Japan and Europe must step up to stabilise the global order
Five forces that will define our post-Covid future
Sustaining a dynamic world economy was always going to be hard, even before the era of populism and great-power conflict
Tomorrow’s world in charts: Gen Z, climate change, China, Brexit and global trade
Data visualisation of the political, economic and business challenges of the next five years
What will the world look like in 2025? FT and Nikkei reader predictions
A majority think the US will have a female president, but that global greenhouse gas emissions will still be rising

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