Two skills to unlock future jobs, robotonomics and other must-read stories of the week

Jobs of the future will require soft skills that are developed before children go to school. They’re as important as mathematics.

Online learning is taking over. Can quality keep up with rapid growth?

Want a job in 2025? These sectors will be hiring.

Overestimating immigration. There’s probably less of it than you think.

What a digital education looks like. Children have to learn digital intelligence.

Asia is growing old fast. Can the region benefit from an ageing population?

It makes up 85% of the world economy. The G20 and why its summits matter.

Robotonomics: economic history suggests that robots won’t cause mass unemployment.

Men will suffer in the new world more than women. Unless they adapt.

Technology is making leisure more attractive than work. The implications are disturbing.

We’ll miss globalisation once it’s gone. Global trade is stalling and might reverse.

Women ask for pay rises just as often as men but succeed far less frequently. Cites Global Gender Gap Report. (The Guardian)

Digital identity is the key to security. Coverage of the Blueprint for Financial Identity Report. (Wall Street Journal)

You can now open a bank account with a selfie. The Future of Financial Infrastructure report explains the implications. (Business Insider)

China and the Gulf States are deepening ties. References Forum forecast for China’s growth. (Alarabiya)

Nearly half of millennials aren’t comfortable with a woman leader. Coverage of the Global Shapers Survey. (Quartz)

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