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The Future of Davos: Is a Hipper World Forum On Its Way?
If Davos is getting old, as I speculated on this blog earlier this week, the question is what will take its place? I spent my last day at the World Economic...
Four Keys to Decoding the World Economic Forum
As we speak, business leaders and heads of state are gathering in Davos, Switzerland for their annual dose of brainstorming and cocktail partying. Bloggers have...
Davos Crib Sheet: Top Global Risks of 2013 (Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid)
Want to know what keeps the people behind Davos up at night? Pretty much everything.
Davos Wisdom, 2013: Five Lessons from the Global Forum
One of the best descriptions of Davos I ever heard originated with my friend David Rothkopf, the CEO of Foreign Policy, whose book “Superclass” is perhaps the...
Is the Scene At Davos Getting Old?
Davos has always been maligned for being a playground for elites. The ambrosial London Mayor Boris Johnson described the event this year as "a constellation of...
Must-Reads from Around the World
David Cameron speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Moroccan government changes a law which allowed rapists to marry their victims, and plans are underway...
At World Economic Forum, Indian Business Elites Fret Over Their Country’s Future Growth
At the World Economic Forum summit in the environs on New Delhi, a TIME-sponsored panel explored how India's economy can be reinvigorated and made more inclusive...
The Lady Abroad: On First Foreign Tour, Aung San Suu Kyi Enchants and Lectures
Aung San Suu Kyi is many things. She is a global democracy icon. She is a beloved national hero in Burma, whose people call her Mother Suu. She is a newly minted...
Mexico Takes Deserved Bows (and Some Boos) at the World Economic Forum in Puerto Vallarta
Argentine President Cristina Fernández did Mexican President Felipe Calderón a big favor this week when, on April 16, she expropriated the Argentine holdings of...
At Davos, Why Is No One Talking About the Poor?
Unfair trade practices and poor working conditions in the developing world, issues that dominated the WEF agenda a decade ago, haven't been raised at all...
The Challenge at Davos: A Crisis of Global Politics, Not Just the Economy
Despite its rugged alpine beauty, there are few places where the world seems more flat than Davos, Switzerland. The World Economic Forum’s grand annual conclave,...
Watch Live From Davos: Is Capitalism Failing? A TIME Discussion With the World’s Top Business Leaders
As part of the kick-off to the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, TIME International Editor Jim Frederick will host a panel discussion...
My Top Five Takeaways from Davos
One of the challenges of covering the World Economic Forum at Davos as a journalist is making sense of the whole thing. The forum is days and days of wandering...
My Brief (But Valuable) Visit with the 1% at Davos
As my train pulled into the station at a snow-covered Davos a few days ago, I was prepared to be cynical. I’d had dinner the night before with an old friend, a...
Guess What — I Met an Optimist at Davos!
In a world economy gripped by fear and smothered in uncertainty, I managed to meet someone here able to shine a bright light through the gloom – Steve Ellis,...
The TIME at Davos Debate Analyses Capitalism and Corporations
During this year’s TIME at Davos debate, our international editor Jim Frederick posed some colossal questions: is 20th century capitalism failing 21st century...
At the World Economic Forum, A Lot of Love for China—Except from Some Chinese
The streets of the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian, which has been hosting the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions, are lined...
World Economic Forum at Davos: Still Standing
The Schatzalp hotel, a funicular ride above Davos, was once one of the local sanatoriums made famous by Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, on whose balconies...
