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Preparing for Economy That Doesn’t Yet Exist: Why Kazakhstan’s Experiment Is Worth Watching

By Aida Haidar in Business,Editor’s Picks on 15 August 2026

One of the things that has surprised me most over the past year is how rarely my conversations with futurists actually stay focused on artificial intelligence. We usually begin there. We talk about generative models, autonomous agents, the next version of ChatGPT, the speed at which these systems are evolving. …

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Preparing for Economy That Doesn’t Yet Exist: Why Kazakhstan’s Experiment Is Worth Watching

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Preparing for Economy That Doesn’t Yet Exist: Why Kazakhstan’s Experiment Is Worth Watching

One of the things that has surprised me most over the past year is how rarely my conversations with futurists...

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Kazakhstan’s Higher Education Drive: From Importing Universities to Producing Knowledge at Home

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