15 must-read stories for the weekend

ISIS: odious, but not omnipotent. Three ways to defeat it.

Business and climate change. An open letter from CEOs to world leaders urges collaboration on ambitious targets.

Man vs machine…vs woman. Who will win?

Why is global growth stuck in a rut? Because investment needs re-energising, argues one Nobel laureate.

The gender gap in numbers. Progress around the world, but stubborn inequalities persist.

The cruel irony that links refugees to the terrorists from whom they flee.

Preventing a global race to the bottom. The ECB’s Benoît Cœuré thinks the world economy has lost the plot. The FT’s Iza Kaminska has the quick read. And, the central banking trilemma. Which two of three should policymakers choose: national policies, financial stability or international banking?

Business schools used to be about explaining success. Now, professors want to build tools to predict it.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution will empower manufacturers. Connected products will see them dump mass marketing and reach customers directly.

What will post-scarcity societies look like? Science fiction might have some clues.

And if only all economics papers were like this.

Big appetite for self-driving cars. In a Forum survey, 60% said they couldn’t wait to take one for a spin. (USA Today)

Climate change: the time to act is now. So says a group of CEOs brought together by the Forum. (Deutsche Welle)

France won’t win the war on terror until it gets its economic house in order. Cites Forum research. (Wall Street Journal)

Progress in gender equality hasn’t stalled. It’s actually reversing. Cites Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report. (Vice News)

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Author: Adrian Monck is Managing Director and head of Public Engagement at the World Economic Forum.

Image: People gather near cherry trees in full blossom in Central Park in New York April 20, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri