The healthiest countries, youth v corruption and other top stories of the week

Live long and healthy. These countries know how it’s done.
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Reduce, reuse, recycle. Companies leading the way to a circular economy.
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How China intends to eclipse Silicon Valley: urban planning.

Make farming great (or at least viable) again. The AgTech revolution.

Youth activists vs kleptocrats. Turning the tide against corruption.

What we get wrong about the trade war. A Chinese economist explains.

Africa leads the world in mobile money. Next up, the fintech revolution.

What you find in the deepest ocean: an animal with plastic in its gut.

How to counter surging inequality. Why raising taxes on the ultrawealthy makes sense.

A world without clouds. Why we may be heading for 8ºC (46ºF) extra warming.

A disturbance in the Force. The universe is expanding faster than it should.

How to bring wildfires back under control: machine minds.

Time to unleash $8 trillion for climate defence. Cites Forum white paper. (Washington Post)

Smart contracts won’t upend legal sector. Interview with Forum blockchain lead. (cryptoglobe)

The coming wave of climate-related business failures. References Global Risks Report. (The New Yorker)

Why Thai women succeed in business – but not politics. Draws data from Global Gender Gap Report. (Bloomberg)

What retail needs to succeed. An op-ed by a Forum lead. (Globe and Mail)