Leadership
Why the US election and Brexit exposed deep generational divides
Mark Leonard evaluates the crisis of political representation, and the generational differences that have emerged.
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As the immigration debate rages on in the US, the time has come for opposing sides to reach a compromise.
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What happens when we can predict crimes before they happen?
What if you could predict where a crime will take place before it occurred, even determining the time of the incident and the identity of the culprit? That might soon be a reality.
Health and Healthcare Systems
What happens when we all live to be 100?
With predictions that in the coming decades, centurions will become the norm rather than the exception, it was no surprise that longevity was an emerging theme in Davos a few weeks back.
Technological Innovation
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The story of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is one of optimism —technology saving lives and the environment— and slight fear – consequences we are unprepared for. Professor Klaus Schwab...
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Circular Economy
We helped create the world’s first recyclable shampoo bottle made with beach plastic - here's why
A year ago at the World Economic Forum in Davos, a report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the World Economic Forum found that most plastic packaging is used only once; 95% of the ...
Economic Growth
The Davos I know isn’t the one you hear about
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos concluded at the end of last week, just as a new global vision was inaugurated in the US. The contrast between the two was stark.
Geo-Economics and Politics
The six issues that will shape the EU in 2017
Last year, we argued – against the conventional wisdom at the time – that the risk of a Leave victory in the UK referendum was substantial, fuelled in particular by widespread concerns ab...
Education and Skills
A Magic Pony and America's unicorns: how immigrants spark innovation
Some of the West's most exciting developments in tech and science are being led by immigrants. How can we encourage greater collaboration between homegrown and immigrant minds?
Economic Growth
To save globalization, its benefits need to be more broadly shared
Economists tend to be advocates of globalization. The benefits of specialization and exchange are evident within a country’s borders: no one would seriously suggest that impeding the flow...
Technological Innovation
The internet has a dark side. We need a plan for taming it
The dark side of the internet could outdo all its benefits, unless we act now.
Emerging Technologies
Davos 2017: Leadership inside the tumble dryer
Lutfey Siddiqi looks at leadership in the context of the theme of this year's Annual Meeting.
Leadership
How to build an inclusive future in the time of AI
We must achieve a kind of symbiosis between minds and machines, with machines amplifying ideas from the human brain, and freeing it from mundane and repetitive tasks.
Economic Growth
8 men have the same wealth as 3.6 billion of the world's poorest people. We must rebalance this unjust economy
The world could see its first trillionaire in 25 years, yet 1 in 10 of us still earns less than $2 a day. We need to break this cycle for the benefit of humanity.