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Extreme Disparity of Wealth Dominates Davos

Extreme Disparity of Wealth Dominates Davos

Don Tapscott reports from Davos: (Davos) With extreme wealth also comes extreme political clout which results in extreme human suffering, said Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International at a panel session this week in Davos. Byanyima helped set the...

Davos 2015 Wrap-Up: Get Ready for Breakthroughs About the Brain

Davos 2015 Wrap-Up: Get Ready for Breakthroughs About the Brain

Don Tapscott reports from Davos: The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos is over for another year. Amazingly, most of what was discussed this year had not been on the radar a year ago. A year ago there was no discussion of oil prices dropping to say $50; the...

At Davos, Technology CEOs Discuss The Digital Economy

At Davos, Technology CEOs Discuss The Digital Economy

Don Tapscott reports from Davos Davos: One of the most anticipated discussions at this year’s meeting was the plenary session on The Digital Economy. Given that I wrote the book that coined that term 20 years ago, I attended with great interest. On the panel were...

Davos 2015: What Future Do You Want?

Davos 2015: What Future Do You Want?

Don Tapscott reports in from Davos 2015. Davos: Do you agree or disagree that in the future we will think “Inserting radio-frequency identification in our babies’ bodies is as normal as vaccination”? This is just one of many provocative questions put to the...

Davos 2015: International Conflict is Top Global Risk

Davos 2015: International Conflict is Top Global Risk

Davos: There is much discussion of global risks this week at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, and illustrating today’s volatility, the biggest threat to the stability of the world was not even on last year’s list — international conflict. That is the...

Davos 2015: Wealth Inequalities and the Collapse of Trust

Don Tapscott reports from Davos 2015. Davos: Undoubtedly timed to the opening of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, a new report by Oxfam says the richest 1 percent of people in the world will have a majority of the wealth on the planet next year. “The...

Davos 2015: Can the World’s Problems be Solved?

Davos 2015: Can the World’s Problems be Solved?

Don Tapscott reports in from Davos 2015. Davos: Against a disturbing global backdrop that includes ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, the crashing of oil prices, a global jobless recovery and the recent slaughter at Charlie Hebdo, more than 2,500 delegates will squeeze...

Lord Stern pulls climate back up the Davos agenda.

Stern brings the authority of a respected economist to an audience that tends to be more concerned with the short-term issues of quarterly results than the long-term issues of climate change.   Importantly for these attendees, he made the point that tackling climate...

Full Day at Davos to be Devoted to Climate Change

Gina McCarthy, administrator of the US EPA, will emphasize that climate change is a fundamental economic decision in her address at the World Economic Forum. http://tinyurl.com/kvowqr6 as new studies are released on effects of temperature increases on economic...

New Research Paper: Building Resilience

New Research Paper: Building Resilience

Network Solutions for a New Era of Global Instability Diverse communities with urgent interests are developing innovative, networked solutions that build resilience to many of the critical disruptions unfolding in the 21st century. While the somewhat overused concept...

UN climate deal in Peru ends historic North-South split

UN climate deal in Peru ends historic North-South split

…unexpectedly, the gavel came down on UN climate talks that had almost collapsed because of wide gaps between the positions held by rich and poor nations. So how was the agreement reached? And does it take the world any closer to dealing with climate change?  Read the...