Two changes will define the world of the 21st century. One, the world's growth will no longer come from the high-income economies (according to the latest figures, these countries collectively consume 77% of world GDP today- that will shrink to only 32% by 2050). Two, just as industrial technology shaped the societies of Europe and the United States in the 20th Century, information technology will be the basis of the emerging economies of the 21st. But don't read too much into this. Even though the world is undergoing huge changes, the fundamental laws governing human and societal progress...
Two changes will define the world of the 21st century. One, the world's growth will no longer come from the high-income economies (according to the la...