Davos 2011: Three-And-A-Half Questions For The Conference's Gurus

For the last several years, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has published an annual report on global risk, as part of the run-up to the storied annual meeting in Davos. The 50-page report makes for gloomy reading: it is a dense collection of some of the major threats to the world's security -- from asset price collapse to weapons of mass destruction -- and the interconnections between them. And they're all carefully mapped in terms of their perceived likelihood and perceived economic impact.

You've got hand it to WEF: their report is thorough and sobering, and makes a great reference tool for later in the year. Last year's report said that "there is a rising risk of sovereign defaults," and that proved more accurate and expensive than anyone wished.

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