WHY THE WORLD ISN’T SO BAD
IT FEELS like you really have to dig deep to find anything to be positive about these days – and often there’s precious little to find. If it’s not another interest or petrol price hike, then it’s another round of loadshedding or some report about a new disease or the war in Ukraine.
It’s easy to feel that things are the worst they’ve ever been. But nothing could be further from the truth, says Hamish McRae, one of the world’s most respected forecasters of global trends.
In fact, in his new book The World in 2050: How to Think About the Future, the British author argues that
