Session after session in Davos is focused on the future of our world, the economy and some of our biggest political and social challenges.
Valerie Keller | Posted 03.31.2012
If the leadership establishment is equated with inflexibility or in many cases, immobility, we need leaders -- especially women -- who can offer flexibility of thought, facilitate creative new solutions in a fast-changing world, rally resources and think in new ways.
Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.29.2012
DAVOS, Switzerland -- They came, they feasted on smoked sturgeon and black truffle risotto, drank liquor paid for by global banks, endured dozens of s...
HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 01.28.2012
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, is clearly tired of modern-day Luddites complaining about the job-destroying for...
Mark Tercek | Posted 03.28.2012
Rising incomes, of course, are a good thing. But a rapidly growing and more affluent population are straining the natural systems on which natural diversity, human health and prosperity depend.
Motohisa Furukawa | Posted 03.28.2012
Equilibrium between the economy, society and the environment must be viewed as complementary rather than a trade-off. This is not a zero-sum game.
HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 01.27.2012
DAVOS, Switzerland -- As much of the globe grapples with lean economic prospects, and as Europe in particular sinks toward a recession that could spre...
AP | NIKO PRICE and PAN PYLAS | Posted 03.28.2012
DAVOS, Switzerland — Leading finance chiefs sought to reassure anxious global business leaders on Friday that Europe is on track to solve its cr...
Christine Horansky | Posted 03.27.2012
Since we have been given a lot of lemons to start with, we have become determined instead to shape the world into the place we want it to be. Could this spirit make us the next great generation?
HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.27.2012
DAVOS, Switzerland -- A mile away, in the center of this posh ski resort, some of the most powerful people on earth are gathered in pinstripes, discus...
Kumi Naidoo | Posted 03.27.2012
On behalf of Greenpeace and all of its supporters, I will be inside the WEF to hold corporations and governments to account and to ensure that the voices speaking against ecological destruction and rising inequality are heard.
Huff TV | Posted 03.27.2012
Arianna discussed the European economic crisis in an interview with Facebook Live on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "...
AP | PAN PYLAS and FRANK JORDANS | Posted 03.27.2012
DAVOS, Switzerland — Cash-strapped governments in Europe must persuade skeptical citizens to accept severe austerity measures if their countries...
Daniel A. Bell | Posted 03.26.2012
What makes sense from a democratic perspective may not make sense from a moral point of view. Or so it was suggested earlier today at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos.
The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.25.2012
Billionaire investor George Soros warned of a possible breakup of the European Union at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerlan...
Valerie Keller | Posted 03.26.2012
What solutions are working to increase numbers of women leading in corporations and how can those be amplified and accelerated? The World Economic Forum turned out to be the perfect place to begin a deep-dive inquiry.
Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.26.2012
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Do they hand out Nobel prizes for advances in delusional thinking? If so, I hereby nominate Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel,...
Dr. David Nabarro | Posted 03.26.2012
Investing in nutrition can increase a country's GDP by 2-3 percent annually. This is why, as leaders meet in Davos, many are discussing the importance of food and nutrition security as central to creating lasting health and development improvements.
Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.26.2012
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Among the less helpful ideas that has managed to endure despite a reappraisal of economic wisdom is the notion that faster-growi...
Reuters | Posted 03.24.2012
(Fixes advisory line. Lawrence Summers, Charles w. Eliot University professor at Harvard and a former U.S. Treasury secretary, is a Reuters columnis...
Reuters | Posted 03.24.2012
* Heavy security to keep protesters away from 2,000 VIPs * Backlash against inequality risks growth worldwide - WEF * So...
Reuters | Posted 03.17.2012
By Emma Thomasson DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Occupy protesters with their sights set on the World Economic Forum, the ann...
Darell Hammond | Posted 04.03.2012