The lay of the land in 2025

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02 September 2010 The global financial crisis is a powerful reminder of how bad we are at forecasting. Yet despite the scale of this recent shock, we continue to have a fairly strong consensus view of where the world economy is likely to head over the next couple of decades.

Indeed, this consensus forecast has survived the GFC largely unscathed. In a new Perspectives based on a presentation to the Australian Economic Forum on 6 August 2010, Mark Thirlwell describes this consensus future and some of the risks associated with it.

Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeAPO Member, Think tank
CoverageAustralia, Worldwide
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/22500
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