The Year Ahead 2018 - November 6, 2017 Issue

November 6, 2017 Issue

Introduction

Introduction

The Global Economy Looks Good for 2018 (Unless Somebody Does Something Dumb)

By Peter Coy

The Global Economy Looks Good for 2018 (Unless Somebody Does Something Dumb)

Nations to Watch in 2018

By Peter Coy

Nations to Watch in 2018

The Year Ahead/Economics

The Year Ahead/Economics

The Age of Easy Money Is Nearly Over

By Chris Anstey

The European Central Bank in Frankfurt.

These Elections Could Reshape Latin America

By Nacha Cattan and David Biller

Mexico’s front-runner, López Obrador.

Why Saudi Arabia Can’t Change Too Quickly

By Glen Carey

Women were granted the right to drive on Sept. 26.

The Road to Reversing Brexit: Three Ways the U.K. Could Take It All Back

By Mira Rojanasakul, Flavia Krause-Jackson and Emma Ross-Thomas

The Road to Reversing Brexit: Three Ways the U.K. Could Take It All Back

TPG’s Jim Coulter Sees a New Era of Private Markets

By Devin Banerjee

Jim Coulter, co-CEO of private equity firm TPG Capital LP.

The Year Ahead/Technology

The Year Ahead/Technology

Silicon Valley Is About to Spend a Lot of Time in Court

By Peter Coy and Gerrit De Vynck

Silicon Valley Is About to Spend a Lot of Time in Court

The Next Big Cyberattack Could Turn America’s Lights Off

By Max Chafkin and Dune Lawrence

The Next Big Cyberattack Could Turn America’s Lights Off

China’s New, Severe Curbs on the Internet Leave Little Left to Censor

By Bloomberg News

China’s New, Severe Curbs on the Internet Leave Little Left to Censor

Commercial Spaceflight Is About to Get Real

By Michael Belfiore

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How Do You Sell Really Fast Wireless When It’s Really Fast Already?

By Niclas Rolander

How Do You Sell Really Fast Wireless When It’s Really Fast Already?

This Biotech Scientist Says Washington Needs to Remember the Basics

By Caroline Chen

This Biotech Scientist Says Washington Needs to Remember the Basics

The Year Ahead/Retail

The Year Ahead/Retail

EVs From Tesla and GM May Start Losing Their Tax Credits

By David Welch

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Online Retailers Are Desperate to Stem a Surging Tide of Returns

By James Ellis

Inside a U.S. Postal Service sorting facility.

An Army of Chinese Millennials Is Reshaping Global Travel

By Carol Matlack

An Army of Chinese Millennials Is Reshaping Global Travel

The Exploding Cost of Streaming Live Sports

By Joe Mayes

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Organic Farmers Are Worried About Getting Squeezed by Big Business

By Shruti Singh

Organic Farmers Are Worried About Getting Squeezed by Big Business

Jeff Koons on the True Price of Being an Artist

By James Tarmy

Jay-Z performs at the V Festival in front of a Jeff Koons balloon dog sculpture in August 2017.

The Year Ahead/Energy

The Year Ahead/Energy

Get Ready for an Appalachian Gas Bonanza

By Tim Loh and Ryan Collins

Installing a natural gas pipeline for Rover near Moundsville, W.Va.

Can the U.S. Crack the $90 Billion LNG Market?

By Naureen S Malik and Anna Shiryaevskaya

A platform awaits installation offshore in Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz gas field.

California Doesn’t Have Enough Charging Stations to Hit Its Electric Car Goals

By Mark Chediak

While California utilities await approval for their charging station buildout, Tesla is busy installing Supercharger stations in cities. By the end of next year, it plans to have more than 1,000 in California, like this one in San Diego.

U.S. Chemicals Are Rocketing Back

By Jack Kaskey

Cheap plastic—brought to you by the fracking boom.

Trump’s Coal Threat to Renewable Energy

By Joe Ryan and Brian Eckhouse

Trump’s Coal Threat to Renewable Energy

Oil’s $1 Trillion Question

By Javier Blas

A worker leaves Aramco’s Natural Gas Liquids plant in Saudi Arabia’s remote Empty Quarter, near the United Arab Emirates, on May 10, 2016.

The New Latin American Oil Map

By Joe Carroll, Sabrina Valle and Adam Williams

The Stena Carron drill ship located off Georgetown, Guyana.

The Fracking Boom’s Midlife Crisis

By Alex Nussbaum and David Wethe

Oil shale from Garfield County, Colo.

Cheniere Energy’s CEO on the Global Gas Bonanza

By Naureen S Malik

Cheniere Energy’s CEO on the Global Gas Bonanza

The Year Ahead/Politics

The Year Ahead/Politics

Finding Fault With the Farm Bill

By Cynthia Hoffman and Alan Bjerga

Finding Fault With the Farm Bill

Trump’s Second Year Could Be Even Worse

By Megan McArdle

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Can Democrats Harness the #Resistance?

By Joshua Green

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The Marijuana Machine Rolls Ahead

By Erin Schwartz

Soon to be legal for 20 percent of American adults.

Six Seats the Democrats Are Fighting For to Help Flip the House

By Gregory Giroux

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David Petraeus on the Biggest National Security Threats of 2018

By Nafeesa Syeed

Petraeus in 2015.

Companies

Companies

50 Companies to Watch

By Bloomberg News

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The Year Ahead/Hot Seat

The Year Ahead/Hot Seat

Three Leaders on the Hot Seat in 2018

By Tracy Withers, Laura Litvan and Benjamin D Katz

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Scoreboard

Scoreboard

What We Got Right (and Wrong) in 2017

By Bloomberg Businessweek

What We Got Right (and Wrong) in 2017