18 must-read stories for the weekend

1. Would a fairer world be a richer world? Jennifer Blanke on why equality is an economic imperative.

2. Saving globalization from itself. We must do a better job of addressing social and economic dislocation.

3. A Forum for greater collaboration and community. How the World Economic Forum has transformed itself to meet new global challenges.

4. Tackling the myths about Ebola. A medical expert and a journalist join forces to fight misinformation on three key fronts.

5. What does it mean to be a global citizen? Identity in the age of Airbnb and LinkedIn.

6. Farming in the age of climate change. And other views on the future of agriculture for World Food Day.

7. Equity crowd-funding. What is it? And how it can help Europe’s cash-strapped small companies take off.

8. Why pushy parenting pays off. The economics of being a “Tiger Mom”.

9. Hillary Clinton demurs on voting for ‘strong, brilliant woman’ President. Professor Schwab’s interview with the former US Secretary of State in San Francisco. (WSJ)

10. Quotas in Japan? The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan is considering introducing a quota system to increase the number of its women candidates, in an effort to revamp its image. Cites the Global Gender Gap Report. (Asahi Shimbun)

11. What it’s like being a woman in Silicon Valley. Women’s experience in the field of technology. Young Global Leader Rebeca Hwang is interviewed. (Forbes)

12. How Malala can help defeat the Islamic State. Empowering Muslim women is the key to overcoming reactionary fanaticism. Cites the Global Gender Gap Report. (Foreign Policy)

13. Why Canada needs a renminbi trading hub now. Canada’s potential for trade with China. Uses the Global Competitiveness Report to support the article. (Financial Post)

14. Transportation infrastructure: moving America. The effects of the US transport system on the country’s competitiveness. Cites Global Competitiveness Report research. (Council on Foreign Relations)

15. Lockheed Martin’s new fusion reactor can change humanity forever. Can a miniaturised nuclear reactor live up to the headline hype? It’s already being called into question.

16. What can we learn from Abenomics? “Waiting for a crisis – or worse, trying to provoke one – in order to be able to deal with a social or economic problem is a fundamentally flawed idea.”

17. This secretive New York firm is quietly fuelling India’s e-commerce revolution. “Only 12.6% of Indians use the internet, and a huge chunk is just waiting to be connected.”

18. Read what happens when a bunch of over-30s find out how Millenials handle their money. Would you want to see what your friends have been paying each other for, or is online privacy already an outdated concept?