What If? Expecting the unexpected: improbable events that could shape 2018

Expecting the unexpected: improbable events that could shape 2018

Take Brexit Britain and Trump’s America. Add climate change, instability in the Middle East, cryptocurrencies, and self-driving cars… and you have the world in 2018: hopeful, yet seemingly unpredictable.

We have assembled 11 unlikely events that - if they somehow happened - have the potential to profoundly affect the world as we know it. Explore some of the great unknowns facing us all today…

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…the British housing market collapses?

…China’s government-backed cryptocurrency overtakes bitcoin?

…Venezuela defaults on its debt?

…oil returns to $100 per barrel?

…a snap election in the UK makes Corbyn PM?

…the Great Barrier Reef dies due to climate change?

…the Qatar world cup is moved to another country?

…Trump wins a second term?

…Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal?

…Apple repatriates all $200 billion of its foreign assets?

…Tesla files for bankruptcy?

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