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The Rise of the New Global Elite
Today’s super-rich are different from yesterday’s: more hardworking and meritocratic, but less connected to their nations
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Today’s super-rich are different from yesterday’s: more hardworking and meritocratic, but less connected to their nations
Does great wealth bring fulfillment? An ambitious study by Boston College suggests not.
The European debt crisis in a nutshell is that poorer peripheral countries have large imbalances that ought to be solved by devaluing their own currency.
Food prices, China's currency, the future of the Arab revolutions, and the end of Greece -- all in a day's work in Switzerland |
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(Swiss Social Democrats JUSO President David Roth inspecting first igloo at OccupyWEF camp at Davos World Economic Forum encampment; credit:…
Global luminaries debate China in Switzerland, as an existential crisis plays quietly in the background
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WEF speakers warned that as the West's crisis lingers, there is a risk that different models of capitalism, such as the form practiced in China, may…
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A better capitalism needs to mitigate the booms and busts that too often bracket economic prosperity
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A Swiss policeman makes sure there are no intruders at the World Economic Forum.
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Even the wealthy agree that capitalism is coming up short
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The gathering of powerfuls at Davos embodies...collaborative innovation?
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Our old models of transnational governance are just that: old.
Kicking off the World Economic Forum from the snow-white Swiss Alps
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We're drilling more oil, and we're driving more efficient cars.
The world may never run out of oil—and the consequences could be dire. Plus: avoiding the worst parts of death, Henry Kissinger's statesmanship, reconsidering hair metal, and more.
