Time to stop imagining he’s some kind of hipster-cleric and judge him by what he does
Davos
3 Things I’ve Learned At Davos So Far
Here’s my big picture Davos takeaways so far:
TIME Davos Debate: ‘Is Europe Back?’
Despite narrowed credit spreads, receding break-up speculation, and climbing stock prices, questions about Europe’s recovery remain
Whom to Watch at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Five leaders jostling for attention at the annual gabfest
One Stat to Destroy Your Faith in Humanity: The World’s 85 Richest People Own as Much as the 3.5 Billion Poorest
The world’s 85 richest individuals now own as much as the poorest half of the 7 billion global population, according to a report released by Oxfam on Monday.
The leading anti-poverty charity called on the global economic elite …
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 final hours at the World Economic Forum trying to suss that out.
The New Yorker’s John Cassidy, …
Facebook Is Responsible for Creating 450,000 Jobs? Really?!
As Facebook prepares to file its IPO documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — as soon as Wednesday, according to recent reports — the company is trying to make the argument that it adds more to the economy …
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 former chairman of a major American company, who was usually a …
At Davos, Why Is No One Talking About the Poor?
I first learned about the World Economic Forum at Davos as a greenhorn in college. At the time, I was knee-deep in coursework on economic development, a field that extols the social and economic virtues of tending to the world’s …
Couldn’t Make Davos This Year? Here Are the 5 Things Everyone’s Talking About
The topics and tropes fall faster than snowflakes here in Davos, where several thousand of the world’s leading business people, politicians and policy makers gather once a year for an annual think-fest. And with literally …
Why Manufacturing Can’t Solve The Jobs Problem
Here in snowy Davos, the topic of job creation has been about as popular as the passed canapés and free champagne. Not surprisingly, President Obama’s latest jobs proposals — a combination of taxing outsourcing corporations …
Huffington: Financial Crisis or Empathy Crisis?
Last night at a cocktail party I attended in Davos, the queen of new media, Arianna Huffington, did a surprising thing. She asked people to unplug from their Blackberries and—gasp—slow down. Multi-tasking is ubiquitous at …