The big ideas of 2014

Prospect's guide to 12 debates that will shape the coming year

by Prospect Team / December 11, 2013 / Leave a comment

Published in January 2014 issue of Prospect Magazine

Rejectionist politics

The politics of resentment will be a powerful, destabilising force in 2014

Secular stagnation

The global economy might have been in trouble long before 2008

The new cold war

US negotiations are stirring up tensions between two clusters of allies

Beginning of the end of QE

When central banks stop pumping money into the world’s economies, there’s no telling how markets will react

Coalitions of the willing

As more countries wield more power, bilateral deals and pacts between allies will become the norm

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Comments

Rstatesman
December 29, 2013 at 14:03
The big idea that you missed on is "Vitanomics". That's" the recvolutionary replacement of economics".The idea (book) that's "replacing economics by the power of logic". "In the same way as chemistry replaced alchemy and medicine replaced quackery". The idea (book) that was on free downloads at amzon.com before Xmas. More on the idea (book) at www.vitanomics.net
tim
January 22, 2014 at 18:11
Another that you missed is power generation. Precautionary policies are too expensive. Global warming has happened, but it hasn't yet been catastrophic. Maybe it won't be. Those who are convinced of the contrary need to find policies that doubters can also sign up to.. .