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Fewer births, longer lives. The coming shift in the global population pyramid.
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A $4 trillion free market is about to launch. Are entrepreneurs ready?
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One million species about to disappear. What we’ve done to nature.
Our affordable low-carbon future. Solar and wind have won the cost race.
Technology vs jobs? How trade unions see the future of work.
Editing your genes and selling the data. The business of human genomics.
Falling further behind. How to solve the world’s next growth challenge.
Organ transplants on demand. 3D printing makes functional, living tissue.
Leapfrogging the banks: the economics of mobile money.
A new bubble bursting? China’s tech sector hits the brakes.
How to do nothing. Use place to resist the attention economy.
Ticks love global warming. The first epidemic of climate change.
Gender inequality meets its match. Based on Global Gender Gap Report, interviews Forum lead. (The Daily Show)
Cleaning up outer space. Coverage of a Forum initiative. (The Verge)
No ‘Party of Davos’. Why the World Economic Forum’s work breaks the cliches. (New York Times)
100 organizations accelerating blockchain efforts with the Forum. (Modern Diplomacy)(Modern Diplomacy)
Central banks now view climate change as threat. Cites Global Risks Report. (China Daily)
Namibia slips in ease of doing business. Draws data from Global Competitiveness Index. (Southern Times)
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