The World Ahead 2023: five stories to watch out for

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
04:24 - Psychedelic medicines
08:01 - Japan’s markets mayhem?
12:37 - Repairing the world
15:38 - The coronation's colonial concerns

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Has China reached the peak of its powers? https://econ.st/3G3fgY8

India is continuing on its path to majoritarian chauvinism: https://econ.st/3jjZKOw

Will China’s economy ever overtake America’s in size? https://econ.st/3v0p0Mn

The Bank of Japan shocks investors: https://econ.st/3VkSbV8

Japan’s bond-market peg could snap: https://econ.st/3WiaVpT

Repairing clothes is becoming more fashionable: https://econ.st/3YJfCud

Ketamine, psilocybin and MDMA are coming to the medicine cabinet: https://econ.st/3W9G7aN

More American clinics are offering ketamine to treat depression: https://econ.st/3G3cBO3

Sensible policy on psychedelic drugs is growing more common: https://econ.st/3jeiak2

Psychedelic therapy shows great promise. More states should legalise it: https://econ.st/3V9pfj0

King Charles III’s coronation is a real marketing opportunity: https://econ.st/3BMcAf1