{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8044dc9e-e5f2-44bd-9c1c-e86bd88b72a0/63ce6f548fa42800103b51e8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The World Ahead 2023: The art of forecasting","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a734d4d94bc8874243/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>We turn the spotlight on forecasting itself, and look back on the predictions we made for 2022. How accurate were we? How do “<a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2022/11/18/what-the-superforecasters-predict-for-major-events-in-2023?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theworldahead&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">superforecasters</a>” look into the future? And how can forecasters account for irrational world leaders when predicting major events? Charlotte Howard, <em>The Economist</em>’s executive editor, talks to Tom Standage, editor of <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead-2023?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theworldahead&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The World Ahead</a>, and Warren Hatch, the CEO of Good Judgement, a “superforecasting” platform and partner of <em>The Economist</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist</em> for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}