Cherie Blair wants to kill the world’s intestinal worms

I realize that this photo is a blurry mess, but it may be the only visual record of one of the most surreal Davos moments ever. Somewhere behind those backs of people’s heads are Cherie Booth Blair (you know, Tony’s wife), pretending to be an intestinal worm, chasing (while wearing boots with three-inch heels) after [...]

CapitalistCast: Why am I here? When can I sleep?

Here’s my final CapitalistCast from Davos. It’s the most content-free yet! The folks in New York have been bugging me to be more like Ana Marie Cox and Mark Halperin and impart actual information about the day to come. But by the time you watch this, the day in Davos will already be mostly or [...]

The Curious Capitalist goes full RSS

In response to the extortionate demands of one Felix Salmon (and because I agreed with Felix that it’s a good idea), this blog now offers a full RSS feed. If you don’t know what that means, don’t let it trouble you. It’s, like, really really hard technology stuff, and you’re much better off just reading [...]

Dutifully promoting the brand

The view from outside the Panasia Gallery in Davos Thursday night Yeah, that’s Rick Stengel in the middle of the picture. The event was the Time cocktail party last night. Good crowd. No heads of state that I was aware of. But there was a head of a state (New Jersey Gov. John Corzine). I [...]