18 must-read stories for the weekend

1. Why countries should reduce barriers to travel. And what impact will this have on countries that heavily rely on tourism?

2. 3 things entrepreneurs need to succeed: passion, problem and purpose.

3. Why it pays to invest in disease prevention.

4. Can tourism tackle poverty?

5. The 5 most revealing questions in interviews.

6. Why we’re failing to get the most out of open data.

7. RIP, conventional career path.

8. The Forum’s meeting in Istanbul, with the participation of President Erdoğan, made headlines globally: (Spiegel, Bloomberg, CNN, Chicago Tribune, Hurriyet, Today Zaman, Al Arabiya, Zeit)

9. Three ways to make cities smarter. Cites Forum research. (Quartz)

10. Il faut revoir la mondialisation: Martina Larkin (La Tribune)

11. Colombia? Its bid is in to host our 2016 Latin America meeting. (Colombia Reports)

12. Global Shapers launch a new hub in Indore, India. (Business Standard)

13. Political Order and Political Decay. John Gray says Francis Fukuyama’s new book “blurs facts, values and theories into a dense neo-Hegelian fog.” The FT and The Economist are more enthusiastic.

14. “Wonkish eschatology.” Felix Salmon sees apocalyptic concerns and few concessions to economic lay readers in Martin Wolf’s The Shifts and the Shocks.

15. Should labourers fear machines? How other eras tackled the threats and opportunities of new technologies.

16. American jurist. Leadership icon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg on not retiring any time soon.

17. More women among the top earners. But they’re still only 16% of the top 1%.

18. These 6 innovations shaped our world.

Image: People take photos with the skyline of the financial district of Singapore in the background April 14, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su