Against a disturbing global backdrop that includes ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, the crashing of oil prices, a global jobless recovery and the recent slaughter at Charlie Hebdo, more than 2,500 delegates will squeeze into the small ski resort of Davos, Switzerland — population 11,000 — for the World Economic Forum annual meeting. The theme of this year’s event is “The New Global Context.”
I’m attending as part of the Davos faculty and will also report daily on interesting developments for The Globe and Mail. Given the Swiss National Bank’s decision to pull the plug on its strategy of tying the franc …read more
Source: The Huffington Post