27 Dec 2015

The World in 2016

From The Weekend , 8:12 am on 27 December 2015

“There are things to be wary of, but there also plenty of things to look forward to and fascinating developments happening in technology and science.”

Daniel Franklin

Daniel Franklin Photo: Supplied

Last summer, futurist Daniel Franklin from The Economist shared his predictions for 2015. He was spot-on with many of his calls, including New Zealand winning the Rugby World Cup… though we'd like to think that was a dead cert. He also talked about the rise of ISIS and terrorism more generally, and falling commodity prices on the world market.

Daniel Franklin discusses with Lynn Freeman what could be in store for 2016.