What will be the buzzwords of 2023?
In this future-gazing podcast series, we’re debating the key themes that will shape 2023—from geopolitics to climate change to economics
We analyse the new buzzwords and jargon that could be making their way into the collective consciousness over the next 12 months. Host Tom Standage, Lane Greene, The Economist‘s language columnist, and Aryn Braun, West Coast correspondent, quiz each other on the meaning of deadpool, cool pavement, aridification, TWaT city, Yimby, battery belt, passkeys, horizontal escalation and the doughnut effect.
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