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January 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Weird Rant About Coal at Davos Is Proof He’s Losing It
Donald Trump was talking about his AI initiatives.
January 19, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
Davos Still Sucks
How can the World Economic Forum earnestly pretend to address global crises while being funded by the corporations that fuel these crises?
May 11, 2018
Peter Vanham
Why Do-Gooders Love Development Statistics
Sure: dictators do, too. But development stats, properly weighted, can be a tool for change.
April 26, 2018
Alex Gladstein
Why Dictators Love Development Statistics
They're an easily faked way to score international points.
January 26, 2018
Emily Atkin
We embarrassed ourselves in Davos.
January 10, 2018
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump, Davos Man
Why a supposed economic populist will fit right in at the annual conference for the ultra-elite
January 23, 2013
Timothy Noah
Davos Frets About Elites
September 6, 2012
Emilia Istrate
The 2012 Long Game for the U.S. Economy is Competitiveness
July 10, 2012
Timothy Noah
The Idea Biz
July 10, 2012
Timothy Noah
The Idea Biz
January 25, 2012
Timothy Noah
Occupy Davos
September 30, 2011
The Editors
Saudi Women Can Now Vote. But Their Plight Remains a Human Rights Calamity.
September 8, 2011
Emilia Istrate
The Long Game on Jobs is Competitiveness
July 15, 2010
Martin Peretz
Homage to Catalonia. Disregard Your Rulers
January 25, 2010
Noam Scheiber
Worried About Bonus Blowback? Go to Davos!
September 17, 2009
Zachary Karabell
This Giant Isn't Sleeping

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