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What stories should you be following in 2023? From India becoming the world’s most populous country, to an illegal drug that might be approved as a medicine, The Economist offers its annual look at the year ahead. 00:00 - The World Ahead 2023 00:35 - India's population potential 04:30 - Psychedelic medicines 08:06 - Japan’s markets mayhem? 12:45 - Repairing the world 15:50 - The coronation's colonial concerns Read more on The World Ahead 2023: Read Tom Standage’s editor’s note on The World Ahead 2023: Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: Has China reached the peak of its powers? India is continuing on its path to majoritarian chauvinism: Will China’s economy ever overtake America’s in size? The Bank of Japan shocks investors: Japan’s bond-market peg could snap: Repairing clothes is becoming more fashionable: Ketamine, psilocybin and MDMA are coming to the medicine cabinet: More American clinics are offering ketamine to treat depression: Sensible policy on psychedelic drugs is growing more common: Psychedelic therapy shows great promise. More states should legalise it: King Charles III’s coronation is a real marketing opportunity:
