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Tomorrow’s ‘new collar’ jobs will be quite old-fashioned, our response should be too
The talk at the World Economic Forum was about technology killing white and blue collar jobs. What's to come will be decidedly old-fashioned. Our labour movements should be too.
Global cooperation is at risk just when our economies need it most
A future of trade wars and isolationism will not solve the grand challenges which are dragging down fragile economies.
How to make the United Nations fit for purpose in a new globalised era
Leaders in Davos are being asked to consider how global cooperation could be reinvigorated. They could do worse than start with UN reforms.
Do eight men really control the same wealth as the poorest half of the global population?
According to the latest Oxfam report, the richest eight people in the world are as wealthy as the bottom 50% of the world's population. But let's scrutinise these numbers a bit more.
Xi Jinping may be preaching trade, but China’s opening up has slowed
Xi Jinping is the first Chinese leader to attend the World Economic Forum and used his speech to denounce protectionism. But China's trade liberalisation has stalled recently.
How to be human when technology is driving the new industrial revolution
The defining characteristics of our species will make us and our labour relevant in a new era.
What to expect from Xi Jinping’s first trip to Davos
Expectations are high that China will take the reins of global leadership at Davos, but don't expect Xi Jinping to upset the apple cart.
A new deal with capitalism requires a revolution in politics and markets
The system is rigged for a small minority to profit, but are we brave enough to deploy the solutions that would work?
It’s official: inequality, climate change and social polarisation are bad for you
The World Economic Forum draws a straight line from social injustice to many of the risks facing the world in 2017.
Why we shouldn’t dismiss Bilderberg conspiracies so lightly
They may not be the Illuminati but there is a different kind of conspiracy at play at the secretive annual Bilderberg meeting of global elites.
The fourth industrial revolution: what does WEF’s Klaus Schwab leave out?
After steam, electricity and computers come cyber-physical systems: the fourth industrial revolution. A new book by the World Economic Forum's founder foresees a rosy future – but that'll take work.
Has the CEO really changed or is it business as usual?
Are you a conscious leader? In recent years, the role and self-image of the CEO has apparently changed. The idea of conscious leadership arose out of the conscious capitalism movement and changes the game…
The unhealthy underside of the wellbeing agenda
Last week, the 0.1% met at World Economic Forum annual gathering in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. While the official excuse to go there is to discuss and shape the global agenda – the theme dominating…
When a marine biologist went to Davos
If you were to believe the tabloid hype around Davos you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a giant party where elite business types meet celebrities and dole out a few quid to the less fortunate of the…
Prosperity or decline? Liberating ideas can reboot our economy
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting wraps up off the piste in the Swiss ski resort this weekend. Two themes are growth and stability; and innovation and industry. Attendees must feel like Bill Murray…
ECB injects €1 trillion into eurozone, but members aren’t off the hook yet
By allowing the European Central Bank (ECB) to start buying debt issued by its member states, the eurozone is copying a strategy now associated with the earlier return to growth in the US and UK. Quantitative…
Oxfam should beware idealistic solutions to complex problems
Oxfam is making what might appear to be a manifestly sound moral case when it urges political leaders at the global economic conference at Davos to adopt particular policies to reduce economic inequality…
The 1% are bad for your health – it’s time to tax them more
When the great and the good met at last year’s Davos event to discuss the major global challenges to prosperity and well-being, it was clear that one theme dominated all others – inequality. But has anything…
Davos delegates don’t care about inequality or your debt
The world’s rich and powerful are gathering for the World Economic Forum at the Swiss ski resort of Davos to discuss, and hopefully find solutions to, the world’s economic and social problems. The 45th…
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