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- “Nigerians don’t need pity, or outrage.” The country is on track to be a global economic powerhouse in 15 years, write Acha Leke and Paul Collier.
- Sustainable business. What does it mean, why does it matter? Companies will only prosper long term when they care for the world around them.
- Climate change targets have failed. Instead of the endless bickering, countries need to pull together and fund new technology to curb warming, says Jeffrey Sachs. Also: Antarctica is at the point of no return.
- Summer of discontent. Today’s diffuse geopolitical crises are pushing Cold War-era institutions to breaking point, warns Michael Spence.
- How the Internet broke the monopoly on trust. New publicationsthrive while old ones struggle to survive, writes Lara Setrakian.
- Can India emulate China’s boom? Yes, if it boosts manufacturing, cuts red tape and taps into the talent of its people, says Lee Jong-Wha.
- If poor countries want to get rich, they should stop exporting their raw resources and start adding value to them. Right? Wrong, says Ricardo Hausmann.
- Can what you read change the world? In our podcast,the Turkish novelist ElifShafaktalks about the power of literature to cross borders and improve lives.
- Don’t give up on free trade. As pessimists warn that the gains of globalization have peaked, Tomas Hirst makes the case for multilateralism.
- Is the Internet destroying middle class jobs? Many of the skills which underpinned status, careers and livelihoods are becoming redundant.
- Roadblocks to competitiveness. Forum research backs up this analysis of the challenges holding up growth in G20 countries. (The Australian)
- “We are in this together, so why not share information?” Our Cyber Resilience initiative and report feature in this call for better collaboration to defuse risks. (Computer Weekly)
- Top 10 YouTube Channels for leaders. The Forum is included in a list of video channels which inform and inspire decision-takers. (Huffington Post)
- Big data: challenges and opportunities. Industry analysis quotes from the Global Information Technology Report. (InformationWeek)
- “There should be no room for laws that perpetuate discrimination.” Gender Gap data features in a report on the Philippines’ move to axe a rule constraining a woman’s right to marry. (Rappler)
- The end of the Arab State? Christopher Hill on fragmenting power structures in the Middle East. Also: The average age in Gaza? 17.
- Ukraine’s economic decline sharpens, as fighting takes its toll.
- Modi’s plan for raising farmers’ incomes? Taking top technology from the lab to the land.
- Structural poverty. One idea to fix the inequalities ingrained in our system. Also: if minimum wages, why not maximum wages?
- “The challenges of democratizing information.” An academic paper on the future of the media, and its impact on all of us.
- If technology provides the answers to society’s problems, then what happens to governments?
- The end of the experiment. We can’t build a bigger collider, we’ve peered into the furthest reaches of cosmos. A physicist asks if an age of wonder is on the wane. Not so, says Maria Spiropulu: “The quantum universe will continue to surprise us.
- The Internet of things will ruin birthdays. Nobody wants a singing fridge or a Tweeting carton of orange juice.
- Spotted at last: “Homo Economicus”?
- Kapitalism, with Kim Kardashian.
Author: Adrian Monck is Managing Director of Public Engagement at the World Economic Forum, and Professor of Journalism at City University London.
Image: A technician is seen working in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, part of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
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