Predictions for 2020

 [View this message in a web browser]( | [Forward to a friend]( [PS On Point]( PS OnPoint Weekly Newsletter Project Syndicate asked its commentators to offer their best guesses about the events and trends that will define the coming 12 months. If there is one common theme in this year's selection, it is that what happens in 2020 will weigh on the present for many years to come. [Read more](. LONG READ FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2020 [PS Commentators' Predictions for 2020]( PS Commentators' Predictions for 2020 In many ways, the start of 2020 resembles the start of 2019: the global economy is slowing amid rising geopolitical uncertainty, and longer-term crises such as climate change and societal aging are going unaddressed. But 2020 could be the last chance for supporters of democracy and international cooperation to steer developments back in their favor. [Read More]( [50% off a PS subscription with the discount code GIFT50]( THE BIG PICTURE The Big Picture brings together 4-5 Project Syndicate commentaries on topics in the news - and on the deeper issues driving the news. [Climate Change]( Climate Crunch Time The 2020s will be a crucial decade in the fight against global warming. The public increasingly recognizes the severity and urgency of the climate crisis, but will world leaders rise to the challenge? [Read More]( THE YEAR AHEAD 2020 [The Other Side of Growth]( The Other Side of Growth By Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee Policymakers in China and India must avoid their Japanese counterparts' mistake and accept that GDP growth will inevitably slow. There is a lot that they can still do to improve the welfare of their citizens, and help us cling to some hope about our planet’s future. [Read More]( PREVIOUSLY IN PS ON POINT: INSIDER INTERVIEW After the Fall [Malin Ekman]( interviews [Ian Buruma]( Although Buruma was removed as the editor-in-chief of the New York Review of Books in September 2018 as a result of his decision to publish a controversial essay on #MeToo, he still has no reservations about speaking his mind. In fact, he tells Ekman of Svenska Dagbladet, that is the very essence of intellectual life. [Read More]( We’ve updated our Terms & Conditions, click [here]( to view them. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from this list](.