The World 2022

Special ReportThe World 2022

As Covid-19 again forces the World Economic Forum to forgo its annual Davos gathering, this special report looks at the continuing fallout from the pandemic, and at other global challenges, from rising inflation to climate change and US-China rivalry

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  • Davos cancellation highlights Covid’s power to divide

    Geopolitical tensions and surging migration would be hard to manage even in normal times

  • China’s high-tech rise sharpens rivalry with the US

    Alarm over the country’s growing military strength is accelerating moves towards economic decoupling

  • Pandemic exposes a world of healthcare inequalities

    The poor are continuing to bear the brunt of Covid-19

  • Profound risks lurk despite strength of economic rebound

    Geopolitics is pulling the world apart, even though it is more integrated than ever before on multiple dimensions

  • Biden’s year of living dangerously

    Republican intransigence and deadlock in the Senate spell trouble for the president — and for US democracy

  • We are all complicit in climate change — so we should all pay to fix it

    Cognitive dissonance, carbon pricing and what a sustainable economy would look like

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  • Companies urged to honour racial justice pledges

    Nearly two years on from the Black Lives Matter protests, progress on diversity seems to have slowed

  • Hawks and doves play chicken on central bank decisions

    Will policymakers dare to withdraw stimulus and raise interest rates if there is a risk of a blow-up in asset prices?

  • Big Tech braces for a year of regulatory pressure

    Lawmakers are taking aim at the big online platforms, but a concerted break-up effort is unlikely

  • Politicians are the biggest threat to supply chains

    Contrary to anti-globalisation rhetoric, last year’s snarl-ups were a sign of rebounding demand


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Originally posted on: https://www.ft.com/reports/world-2022