The World Economic Forum was once about spreading wealth. But in the past three years, the wealth of the world’s top five billionaires has more than doubled while 60% of humanity has grown poorer.
Leaders must find new ways to measure development and economic progress and to co-operate on prioritising human and environmental security over profits.
How many people realise that the central banks’ great programme for reviving the global economy involves hand-picking which companies and sectors to help out?
As capitalism’s image crumbles, many of the world’s biggest companies are trying to give it new life by showing it can mean more than just making money.
The high-profile absence of several world leaders including Trump from the World Economic Forum has led some to suggest its influence is in decline. A philosopher who has seen Davos up close disagrees.
Vanina Farber, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) et Patrick Reichert, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Gen Z is best positioned to influence business practices, rather than global climate agreements, where political gridlock appears to be the status quo.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making a political career out of burnishing his self-image and convincing the world he’s a human rights leader. Do his actions match his words?