{"id":86236,"date":"2018-12-30T01:22:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T09:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/what-will-be-the-biggest-stories-of-2019-part-one-the-economist"},"modified":"2018-12-30T05:36:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T13:36:05","slug":"what-will-be-the-biggest-stories-of-2019-part-one-the-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/what-will-be-the-biggest-stories-of-2019-part-one-the-economist","title":{"rendered":"What will be the biggest stories of 2019? | Part One | The Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3yTSyARcfjI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Power suits, robotaxis, Leonardo da Vinci mania\u2014just a few of the things to look out for in 2019. But what else will make our top ten stories for the year ahead?<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/2xvTKdy\" class=\"\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDYQ6TgYACITCNLE2KWdx98CFUfbxAodcqEAySj4HUiy_PGigNm0kt8B\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" data-url=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/2xvTKdy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/2xvTKdy\">https:\/\/econ.st\/2xvTKdy<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What will be the biggest stories of the year ahead?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3yTSyARcfjI\">00:35<\/a> \u2014 10 \u2014 Powered Clothing.<br \/> In 2019 power dressing will take on a whole new meaning when this strange-looking clothing hits the market. Not so much high fashion as high tech, it\u2019s a suit with built-in power that will literally get people moving. Part of the wearable robotics revolution, the suit is made up of battery-powered muscle packs which contract just like a human muscle to boost the wearer\u2019s strength. With the global population of over 60s expected to more than double by 2050, and retirement age increasing, there\u2019s no shortage of potential markets. But don\u2019t expect the suits to ease the burden on aching limbs and overstretched health services anytime soon \u2014 as these suits don\u2019t come cheap. According to the manufacturer they\u2019ll retail for around the cost of a bespoke tailored suit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3yTSyARcfjI\">02:13<\/a> \u2014 9 \u2014 The year of cheap flights.<br \/> 2019 will be the year low-cost long-haul travel takes off. You\u2019ll be able to buy a ten thousand mile flight from London to Sydney for around $350 and this is why. The world will boast two new state-of-the-art mega hub airports and competition between them will drive down the cost of flying. Daxing Airport outside Beijing is due to open in 2019 and will feed growing demand for air travel in China. Beijing already has one of the world\u2019s biggest airports and for China this new mega hub will send an important message to the world. Rivaling Daxing as a national symbol of global prestige will be a new mega hub airport in Istanbul. Opened in 2018 it covers a staggering 26 square miles \u2014 an area larger than the island of Manhattan. And in 2019 consumers will again be the beneficiaries of a state sponsored economic push. But the low fares offered by competition between these hubs could be short-lived.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3yTSyARcfjI\">04:06<\/a> \u2014 8 Stonewall riots at 50.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/what-will-be-the-biggest-stories-of-2019-part-one-the-economist\">Continue reading \u201cWhat will be the biggest stories of 2019? | Part One | The Economist\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power suits, robotaxis, Leonardo da Vinci mania\u2014just a few of the things to look out for in 2019. But what else will make our top ten stories for the year ahead? Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: https:\/\/econ.st\/2xvTKdy What will be the biggest stories of the year ahead? 00:35 \u2014 10 \u2014 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1495,1493,6,1901,1491,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-health","category-law-enforcement","category-robotics-ai","category-sex","category-transportation","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86245,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86236\/revisions\/86245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}