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Tom Standage’s ten trends to watch in 2026
A letter from the editor of The World Ahead
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Nov 10th 2025|4 min read
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By Tom Standage, Editor, The World Ahead 2026
This is Donald Trump’s world—we’re all just living in it. The disruptor-in-chief was the biggest factor shaping global affairs in 2025, and
... See moreLast week, we wrote that Trump’s “concession post to the BRICS” (“Looks like we lost India and Russia to China”) meant we will have global peace, a secularly lower USD, higher global nominal growth, higher global inflation, much higher gold prices over time, higher BTC, higher stocks and in time, rebalanced trade:
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