The battle for food, oil and water

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Economy, Water, Alps, Billionaires, Chant, Confusion, Crowds, Davos, England, Masters Of The Universe, Match, Oil And Water, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Protesters, Referees, Soccer, World Economic Forum, World Leaders

Soccer crowds in England like to abuse match referees by chanting: “You don’t know what you’re doing.” If protesters had been able to get near the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, they could justifiably have aimed the same chant at the world leaders who assembled in the Alps.
These people are meant to be [...]

The Davos question: Is America history?

Posted by Matt in January 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Economy, U.S., Davos

But here’s what is different this year: The rich and the powerful at Davos are already looking beyond the United States as present and future global leader. The talk is about whether emerging economies, primarily China, India, and resource-rich Russia, can pick up the economic slack if America falters and maintain global growth.
No one underestimates [...]

One practical way to improve the state of the world: turn G8 into G14

Posted by Matt in January 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Economy, Davos, G8

As power shifts from the old west, it is absurd that the world’s economic top table has a seat for Italy but no place for China
Wherever you turn in Davos, you see the World Economic Forum’s modest motto: “Committed to improving the state of the world.” Well, it needs it. So here’s one practical step: [...]

Davos - Alarm flags litter the globe

Posted by Matt in January 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Financial, general, Davos

At the start of a year likely to be dominated by an extraordinary degree of uncertainty, it is worth setting out what some of the worldâ€™s top political and business leaders could reasonably predict for 2008, as they gather today in the Swiss resort of Davos.
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Forum at Davos Ponders a U.S.-Iran War

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Iran, U.S., Davos

It’s unusual to hear frank talk of war at a confab devoted to the peaceful advances of globalization. But here on Day One at Davos, war talk was in the air. War, to be specific, between Iran and the U.S.
At a morning session devoted to the Middle East, and run by prominent business and political [...]

Elite ponder threats to globalization

Posted by Matt in January 25th, 2007 | no comment

Published in general, Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland - The high-profile Davos meeting of the international political, business, economic and academic elite began on Wednesday on the somber note that globalization is facing major threats due to worsening climate change, growing income disparities, escalating barriers to the movement of people, and global political and economic instability.
“We are living in a schizophrenic [...]