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 Read more on The World Ahead 2023: https://econ.st/3YyANzd Read Tom Standage’s editor’s note on The World Ahead 2023: https://econ.st/3WM5wY3 Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI 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