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Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, talks about her interview with Professor Muhammad Yunus, the father of microfinance. More from Davos, here.
As part of the kick-off to the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, TIME International Editor Jim Frederick hosts a panel discussion on the future of capitalism: Can a system that came of age in the 20th century serve the needs of 21st? Joining Frederick tackling this question is:
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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, set to kick off this Wednesday, draws myriad heads of state, …
On Wednesday, the World Economic Forum will gather on a pretty mountain in the Swiss village of Davos. Immortalized as the Magic Mountain in Thomas Mann’s classic novel about a tuberculosis sanatorium, Davos today attracts those
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Each year, the world’s most important decision makers in business, politics and the nonprofit world descend upon Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum to rub elbows and discuss the year to come. With the specter of a Eurozone breakup looming and the world economy clinging to a fragile recovery, these big-wigs will have plenty …
Bailouts hurt capitalism. How we can keep from needing them in the first place.
As the global economic crisis enters its fourth excruciating year, just about everybody who can be blamed for the downturn has been blamed. Irresponsible bankers. Greedy corporate executives. Incompetent regulators. Bickering …
How to keep economists from missing the next financial crisis.
Newt Gingrich’s latest attack on fellow Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s leadership of a private-equity firm goes to the heart of today’s biggest debate in politics and economics. “If we identify capitalism …
Next Wednesday marks the launch of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The annual meeting of the most powerful men and women in business, government and the non-profit world will focus on the theme “The Great …
In Davos, TIME’s Board of Economists grapples with a world split in halves
It’s all change at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, as economic and political leaders face a future in which developed nations struggle to limp out of recession while emerging markets flourish. But those shifting …
