Post-pandemic powerhouse
China is moving on
In this special report, China’s path through COVID-19 and beyond into economic growth.
Key insights to catch up on
The best books of 2020 on The Future, This Week
This week: generalising from unicorns, schadenfreude, self-help manifestos or true eye-openers, we review for you 2020’s best business books.
The Asian century with Kishore Mahbubani
As we enter the new Asian century, what will the choppy waters of globalisation hold?
Xiaohongshu (Little RED Book) and social commerce on The Future, This Week
This week: in a special on social commerce in China, we talk to our guest Kishi Pan about the unique experience of Xiaohongshu, or Little Red Book.
The business of vaccines on Corona Business Insights
The business of vaccines: investment, research risks, pricing, manufacturing, and distributing a COVID-19 vaccine.
The pandemic, poverty and business
With developing countries now accounting for three quarters of new COVID-19 cases, what should businesses be doing?
Humour on Corona Business Insights
How has the role of humour as a coping mechanism allowed us to bond with others in difficult times?
How China got through the pandemic crisis, relying on people, not technology
How did essential services keep running in Wuhan during a 76 day lockdown?
COVID-19 is first and foremost a social dilemma
How can we prevent the breakdown of social cooperation in the current COVID-19 crisis?
Swans, rhinos, herds and resilience
The world has a history of disruption both good and bad, but are we learning from the mistakes of the past?
The gender pay gap and difficult women on The Future, This Week
This week: gender pay gap Groundhog Day, and the tyranny of niceness.
Contact tracing tech
Discover our new resource on contact tracing and how is technology being used to improve it
Latest podcasts

The best books of 2020 on The Future, This Week
This week: generalising from unicorns, schadenfreude, self-help manifestos or true eye-openers, we review for you 2020’s best business books.
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Urban mobility on Corona Business Insights
Lessons from COVID-19 on The Future, This Week
Business models and big tech on The Future, This Week
The Asian century with Kishore Mahbubani
Data, privacy and tracking on The Future, This Week
Taxes and taxation on Corona Business Insights
Changing cities on Corona Business Insights
Double 11, singles’ day and supply chains on The Future, This Week
What are the global megatrends that shape our future?
The latest from the COVID-19 business impact dashboard

Resources
We are curious about the future. We are committed to sharing our insights.
We have carefully curated lists of resources on the most interesting and important topics.
The Future of Power
Our series produced in collaboration with the Sydney Policy Lab.
The Future of Power is a new podcast series of discussions and interviews with thought leaders and acclaimed academics on how the nature of power is changing in the 21st century.
James Crabtree on India’s billionaire raj
With the rise of a billionaire superclass from the austere remnants of India’s state socialism, how will India handle rising inequality?
Joseph Stiglitz on the age of inequality
Joseph Stiglitz says our rising level of inequality is not the unfortunate by-product of economic development but is the result of deliberate policy choices. Who is making those choices?
Jonathan Haidt on good intentions and bad ideas
Internationally acclaimed US academic and author Jonathan Haidt is warning of a rising generation of social-media addicted, pathologically anxious ‘Gen Z’ youths.