Climate, chaos and war fill a doomy agenda at Davos
by Larry Elliott from Economics | The Guardian on (#6HTVM)
The World Economic Forum has already wrestled with pandemic and recession, but the troubles keep coming
The limos have been booked. Hotels have loaded up with champagne. Shops have been converted into pop-up offices for the tech giants. The annual Davos talkfest is about to begin.
The collective mood of the 2,800 participants is anything but cheery as they make their way to the small Alpine town immortalised by Thomas Mann in his novel The Magic Mountain for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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