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South Africa needs to make life as uncomfortable as possible for members of Zimbabwe's government.
An obsession with GDP growth fails to account for some of society's most pressing problems.
The World Economic Forum in Davos must change its ethos from 'idea sharing' to one of democratic accountability and justice.
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.
Gen Z is best positioned to influence business practices, rather than global climate agreements, where political gridlock appears to be the status quo.
There is a plethora of highly troubling issues facing the global economy that are caused, in part, by globalisation.
The removal of Jacob Zuma from power is to be welcomed but, it's not the answer to South Africa's problems.
Cyberattacks are in the top five global risks, behind extreme weather events and natural disasters. But global cooperation remains deeply problematic.
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?
The Conversation scholars analyze a few of the key themes and speeches that punctuated the three-day gathering of global elites in the Alps.
Will young Germans remember their history – and will older German embrace the digital future?
French companies will no longer be 'forbidden to fail' and 'forbidden to succeed,' the French president tells the World Economic Forum.
The global elites are paying attention.
The shake up at South Africa's power utility, Eskom, sends a good signal about where Cyril Ramaphosa is taking the country.
A business and humanities scholar advises the president to pack three novels and a children's story for his long transatlantic flight to Switzerland aboard Air Force One.
The number of jobs might be going up but the real test will be whether wages rise too.
Oxfam is right to highlight disparities in wealth.
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.
A future of trade wars and isolationism will not solve the grand challenges which are dragging down fragile economies.
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Professor of Ethics and Business Law, University of St. Thomas
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University Leadership Chair & Professor, Pro Dean of Research & Innovation, University of Leeds
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Acting Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, University of Essex
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Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT University
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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Postgraduate Associate at the Institute of Latin American Studies, La Trobe University
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Cass Business School, City, University of London
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Lecturer in the Contemporary Middle East and Iran, University of Manchester
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Oxford
