Fourth Industrial Revolution

Entrepreneurial Estonia, sociologists v economists and other top stories of the week

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Adrian Monck
Managing Director, World Economic Forum Geneva
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China and the US are doomed to cooperate. Quotes President Xi’s speech in Davos. (Financial Times)

Argentina’s economy exits recession. References the Forum’s Latin America meeting in Buenos Aires next month. (Bloomberg)

How social media use impacts your employability. Refers to Future of Jobs Report. (The Hindu)

Time to work on your digital intelligence quotient. Quotes the Forum’s head of Shaping the Future of Information. (New Straits Times)

Waste water key to solving global water crisis. Notes that the Global Risk Report cites water as a top risk. (Geo)

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