As 2010 winds down, we're getting predictions for what the world will look like in 2011. All week long, we'll be talking with writers, critics, and big thinkers about topics ranging from politics to population, conflict and culture. We speak with Daniel Franklin, executive editor of the Economist and editor of the feature, “The World in 2011,” along with Joanne Lipmann, founding editor-in-cheif of Portfolio Magazine.

For 23 years The Economist has published a special issue that predicts events of the coming year. The 2009 edition has just come out and it includes an apology from the editor-in-chief because the magazine just got so much about 2008 wrong. Earlier this week we asked our listeners to provide their predictions for 2009 and tell us in on what they were wrong about in 2008. Today Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor of The Economist and editor of "The World in 2009" special issue, adds his voice to the discussion.