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Getting it Backwards

Gerald Bracey | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: U. S. Economy, International Comparisons, Roy Romer, A Nation at Risk, Competititveness, Bob Wise, World Economic Forum, Politics News

Those who dispense anxiety about America's schools have got it all backwards. Instead, they should brag about the U. S. economy and impugn the quality and validity of the international test-score comparisons.

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A Gender Perspective on the World Economic Forum at Davos

Laura Liswood | Posted 05.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Contraception, Davos, Title IX, UN World Conference on Women, Suffrage, Literacy Rate, World Economic Forum, Cedaw, Living News

What has the world achieved for women in the 20th century? Here is my list; I'd be intrigued if you told me yours.

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Rank Disappointment

Craig Aaron | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: New York Times, Broadband, Net Neutrality, Derek Turner, World Economic Forum, Business News

Consumers in South Korea, France and Qatar pay less for broadband connections that are much faster than we have here. These countries have policies that foster more choice and innovation.

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Guess The World's Top Ranked Tech Country

Wall Street Journal | Ben Worthen | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Nordic Countries, Highest Broadband-Internet Speed, Most Networked Nations, New Technology, BRIC Countries, Denmark, Fastest Home Internet Connection, World Economic Forum, Bric, Business News

Want to work for a business that not only uses the most advanced technology, but is part of a culture that promotes the adoption of new technologies? ...

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The Davos 6

Matt Kimmich | Posted 03.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Wef, Davos 6, Road to Davos, World Economic Forum, Living News

My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to bring six brilliant young activists from around the world to the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos.

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Clean Up the Environment: A Tree A Day

Yunan Jin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, The Davos 6, Weo, Ban-Ki Moon, Henry Kissinger, Un Secretary General, The Road to Davos, A Tree a Day, Karzai Afghanistan, World Economic Forum, Musharraf, Living News

I believe that changes start from within, and that's what I wanted people to understand. I believe everybody needs to act, and needs to act now to clean up our environment.

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Voices From Davos

Nick Henderson | Posted 03.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Davos 6, Gay Rights Davos, The Giving Life, Video, The Road to Davos, World Economic Forum, Living News

"Every generation has its own worries - the things that really get us." -- Emma Thompson, award-winning actress and campaigner against human trafficki...

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Working With Children On The Streets And In The Slums

Rhadeena de Alwis | Posted 03.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Davos 6, The Giving Life, Video, The Road to Davos, World Economic Forum, Living News

"Every generation has its own worries - the things that really get us." -- Emma Thompson, award-winning actress and campaigner against human trafficki...

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Margaret Catley-Carlson: Talking Water at the World Economic Forum

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Margaret Catley-Carlson, Davos, Water Crisis, Water, World Economic Forum, Politics News

Margaret Catley-Carlson is chairperson of Global Water Partnership, a working partnership among formed in 1996 by the World Bank, the United Natio...

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John Elkington: Talking Water and SustainAbility at the World Economic Forum

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Elkington, Sustainability, Davos, Water Crisis, Water, Circle of Blue, World Economic Forum, Politics News

John Elkington, founder and chief entrepreneur of SustainAbility, the London-based think tank, and co-author, The Power of Unreasonable People: How ...

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Water's Urgent Message at the World Economic Forum

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Margaret Catley-Carlson, John Elkington, Ban-Ki Moon, Davos, Water Crisis, Water, World Economic Forum, Politics News

Our relationship to water will define our future in this century. But the challenge is not water itself, but the way we perceive it and ourselves.

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The Road to Davos

Nick Henderson | Posted 02.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Lgbt, WEF, Davos, World Economic Forum, Living News

As the train approached Davosplatz, we had our knees on the seats and heads out the window, shouting 'Guten Tag' to the assorted dignitaries of all flavors who were also converging on the tiny town.

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White House Whines About Ambassador Khalilzad's Seating Faux Pas

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Zalmay Khalilzad, Richard Grenell, John Bolton, World Economic Forum, Mottaki, Politics News

Zalmay Khalilzad is probably the highest level Muslim in the Bush administration, and he's brought a skill set of diplomatic dexterity to the ambassadorial position at the U.N. vacated by John Bolton.

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Earth, Wind & Fire Raises Key Fed Funk Rate

Linda Keenan | Posted 01.26.2008 | Business

The move was preceded by the triumphantastic sounds of the EWF horn section heard around the rarefied precincts of the World Economic Forum.

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Face-off: Is Gates Right On Creative Capitalism?

CNET News | Posted 01.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Davos 2008, Bill Gates, Davos, Creative Capitalism, World Economic Forum, Business News

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told the corporate and governmental bigwigs in attenda...

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Dish From Davos: Digitally Yours

Susan Sawyers | Posted 01.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Davos 2008, Davos, World Economic Forum, Business News

What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?

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A Live Report From Davos

Huffington Post | Posted 01.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Davos 2008, Softbank, Davos, World Economic Forum, Eric Hippeau, Business News

Eric Hippeau, a Managing Partner of venture capital investor SoftBank capital, was recently interviewed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerl...

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Davos Does YouTube

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 01.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Davos 2008, Youtube, Davos, World Economic Forum, Business News

DAVOS, Switzerland — The idea was simple: Job training centers should be as ubiquitous as gas stations, a man called freesouljah said in a video...

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Gates Calls For "Creative Capitalism" At Davos

Wall Street Journal | Robert A. Guth | Posted 01.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Kinder Capitalism, Davos 2008, Davos, Bill Gates, Creative Capitalism, World Economic Forum, Business News

Free enterprise has been good to Bill Gates. But later today, the Microsoft Corp. chairman will call for a revision of capitalism. In a speech at the...

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Dish from Davos, Day 1

Susan Sawyers | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Florian Henckel Con Donnersmarck, Davos, Brian McLaren, Chris Abani, Naomi Campbell, Davos 2008, David Bodanis, Paulo Coelho, Elie Weisel, World Economic Forum, Business News

The people here, from Al Gore to Bono to H.R.H. the Duke of York, are grand, as are the world's challenges. There's so much going on, so much information to synthesize.

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Message From Davos: The Recession Is Coming

Times | Gary Duncan | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Fed Cut, Recession Fears, U.S. Economy, Recession, Davos, Global Economy, World Economic Forum, Business News

A full-blown, prolonged recession in America is now inescapable, with the rest of the world set to be dragged into a severe global slowdown despite ye...

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Recession Fears Dominate Davos

Reuters | Adam Plowright | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Oil Prices, Davos, Slowing Growth, Global Economy, Stock Markets, Subprime Loans, Subprime Loan Crisis, Davos Conference, World Economic Forum, Business News

The annual Davos gathering of the world's political and business elite opened Wednesday, dominated by the deep cut in US interest rates aimed at preve...

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Non-Western Modernization Challenges Davos Man

Nathan Gardels | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Davos 2008, Kishore Mahbubani, Madeleine Albright, World Economic Forum, Politics News

The road to the new East may well have been through the West, but now that the East has arrived at its destination the future will be built on its own terms.

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