The Econ­o­mist’s annual issue col­lect­ing pre­dic­tions for the com­ing year has been released in the form of The World in 2009. From the intro­duc­tion, by edi­tor Daniel Franklin:

Any­one hop­ing for a period of calm after the tur­bu­lence of the past year will be dis­ap­pointed. For the econ­omy and for busi­ness, as well as for pol­i­tics, 2009 promises to be a year of brac­ing adjust­ment to a changed world.