World Economic Forum Founder stresses cooperation to tackle war and pandemic challenge.
00:55Davos, SwitzerlandCNN Business —
The last time top politicians, CEOs and billionaires gathered in a Swiss mountain village to discuss society’s biggest problems and pitch their solutions, the coronavirus outbreak in China was little more than a remote threat. The economy was humming, and a major armed conflict in Europe was on nobody’s list of major risks.
More than two years later, the world has been upended by the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But for the rich and powerful arriving inDavos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, very little has changed.
“Davos is the epitome of one of the greatest challenges to society right now, which is self-congratulatory elites,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale management professor who speaks regularly with many well-known executives.
The conference — which famously combines high-minded panels with flashy parties — aims to bring important people together to tackle pressing issues like inequality, climate change, the future of technology and geopolitical conflict. But the logic behind inviting some of the wealthiest people on Earth to solve these problems from a resort town looks even shakier these days.
Billionaires added $5 trillion to their fortunes during the pandemic, according to a report from Oxfam published in January. The world’s richest 10 men saw their collective wealth more than double between March 2020 and November 2021. Meanwhile, tens of millions more people around the world were pushed into extreme poverty as the global economy shut down, and many struggling households became reliant on emergency government support.
“The last two years have dramatized and clarified what has been true for some time now, which is an elite plutocratic class is not just leaving the rest of the world behind, but is thriving precisely by stepping on the necks of everybody else,” said Anand Giridharadas, author of the book “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World.”
This year’s financial market sell-off has hit the ultra-rich. But that won’t serve as much consolation to people in both developed and many developing economies experiencing the worst cost-of-living crises in decades. Soaring food and fuel prices are already causing hunger and hardship, fanning instability, triggering protests and emboldening political insurgents.
The 2022 forum was initially scheduled for January, but it was postponed after the outbreak of the Omicron variant. And while organizers have cobbled together a delayed springtime edition that they hope will remain relevant, many heavy hitters have scheduling conflicts or are opting out.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, who leads America’s biggest bank, won’t attend the event, which coincides withthe company’s annual investor day presentation. US President Joe Biden — who delivered a big speech at Davos in 2017 — will be wrapping up a trip to South Korea and Japan. China’s presence is much reduced, with its big cities still gripped by Covid-19 and its tech titans lying low.
The main event is likely to be a speech on Monday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is expected to participate via videoconference. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are also scheduled to deliver addresses later in the week, which will be scrutinized as EU countries struggle to agree on a formal oil embargo against Russia.
In the past, Russian politicians and oligarchs were a fixture of Davos. Founder Klaus Schwab has long emphasized that dialogue and deeper economic ties can promote peace between political adversaries.
“At this moment in history where the world has a unique and short window of opportunity to move from an age of confrontation to an age of cooperation, the ability to hear your voice — the voice of the president of the Russian Federation — is essential,” Schwab said when introducing Putin in 2021.
In 2020, the CEOs of Lukoil, Sberbank and Yandex were on the list of attendees, along with the country’s energy minister.
This year, Putin won’t be attending. Nor will any Russian officials, magnates or executives. Rather, the program features discussions on issues such as “Cold War 2.0” and the “Return to War.”
VP Harris is another DEI student. A person who has been elevated for a purpose not a reason without qualifications.
We have to take back our country through our Constitution which is by WE THE PEOPLE..
This fake government that Harris is promoting called Bidenomics has hurt the people from the border through the financial system.
She should be afraid because how the votes are given and taken will make the difference. The cheating by the weaponized government has to be curtailed in every state.
That is what Harris is afraid of – that the election will be monitored more closely since we know how they cheat.
They aren’t running for office – they ARE RUINING THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW!
Cusack states:
“This is what liberals/neoliberals have never understood — or taken responsibility for … Obama corporatist democrats are to the right of Richard Nixon on domestic policy,” the actor wrote on X at the time.
Boy – he has lost his noodle? Typical Democrat – they always mess up everything and then blame it on the Republicans. Obama is a Muslim and that is the problem – he hates everything except his self.
Where am I missing this fellow’s pun? Obama weaponized the whole government. 74% of the people working in government are Obama folks, and Biden/Obama have been dictating to us since they were PUT into office, look at our economy, the border/immigrants and this JERK CUSACK is not moaning about the state of our country – but the fact that President Trump is running for office.
Something is missing in Cusack’s noodle.
Following is behind this story:
In an interview with The Guardian about his role in the Hollywood satire Map to the Stars, John Cusack was very frank about the strange, sometimes terrible world of Hollywood, saying that the old ways of filmmaking are gone and now everything revolves around franchises and huge stars. Though he says the industry was a bit kinder when he was coming up, now, “The culture just eats young actors up and spits them out. It’s a hard thing to survive without finding safe harbor.” It’s easy to understand his seeming hesitation to fight for stardom in an industry he’s lost trust in.
Or as he summed up Hollywood, “It’s a whorehouse and people go mad.”
I guess, the moral to the story – Has he gone MAD?
The real problem is not Cusack; but, the producers in Hollyweed are all foreigners and hate the U.S.. They come here to make movies to tell us how bad our country is and make money because in their own country there is no freedom and they would be in jail if they made movies like they make here.
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John Cusack is sharing his thoughts on the state of the elections in the US, following reports of a hate crime in Philadelphia.
On Monday, the High Fidelity star took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his thoughts on reports of vandalism at the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza in Philadelphia.
(At least they are still on display – not like candidate Haley who removed all confederate statues and stored them in a warehouse.)
“That’s f—ing terrible — [too] bad we have Nazis running for office [in the] US,” Cusack wrote. “The ghouls feel like they can come out.”
Cusack quoted a post from the Jerusalem Post, reporting that a large swastika had been painted on the side of the Plaza.
According to the outlet, police are still investigating the incident.
Cusack has previously spoken out against many US candidates and officials, former President Donald Trump in particular.
Back in September, he wrote that liberals “have played a major part in creating the precise conditions for fascism to flourish,” in response to reports that a group of democrats filed court documents to stop Congress from passing a potential wealth tax on the one percent.
“This is what liberals/neoliberals have never understood — or taken responsibility for … Obama corporatist democrats are to the right of Richard Nixon on domestic policy,” the actor wrote on X at the time.
As early as 2020, the Say Anything alum also shared that he would no longer speak to the people in his life who aren’t “aggressively anti-Trump.”
“I’m sure you’ve all been through it with some family co workers — or friends,” he wrote, also on X. “Those who cannot see or choose not to see what [Trump] is, we are done talking — permanently.”
Republicans, I see your not disputing it. I think the “woke” thing is ying to your maga things yang. In other words, if “maga” didnt exist, “woke” wouldnt either. Its mostly “if they can get attention, so can we” kind of thing. Just keep saying silly stuff for attention. I prefer to be in the “facts” category, cause like it or not, we are ALL Americans, not just the half that seems to be the team your on. Until we can all come together as Americans, instead of letting our 2 political “teams” keep dividing us, were all kind of screwed anyway.
(Now, Mr. Cusack don’t blacme WOKE on the Repub’s – that is your BABY.
KOMMONSENTSJANE – BIDEN BORDER COMMENT – HE WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE THE SITUATION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER AS A “CRISIS.”
1/18/2024
All part of the plan by the One World Order and Obama/Biden.
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LEFT WING ROT EXPOSED?
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Biden’s Border Comment Sparks Online Criticism (msn.com)
Biden’s Stance on Border Crisis
President Biden has garnered backlash online for his statement that he would not characterize the situation at the southern border as a “crisis.”
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Davos is back and the world has changed. Have the global elite noticed?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
World Economic Forum Founder stresses cooperation to tackle war and pandemic challenge.
00:55Davos, SwitzerlandCNN Business —
The last time top politicians, CEOs and billionaires gathered in a Swiss mountain village to discuss society’s biggest problems and pitch their solutions, the coronavirus outbreak in China was little more than a remote threat. The economy was humming, and a major armed conflict in Europe was on nobody’s list of major risks.
More than two years later, the world has been upended by the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But for the rich and powerful arriving in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, very little has changed.
“Davos is the epitome of one of the greatest challenges to society right now, which is self-congratulatory elites,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale management professor who speaks regularly with many well-known executives.
The conference — which famously combines high-minded panels with flashy parties — aims to bring important people together to tackle pressing issues like inequality, climate change, the future of technology and geopolitical conflict. But the logic behind inviting some of the wealthiest people on Earth to solve these problems from a resort town looks even shakier these days.
Opinion: WEF president: How the world can rebuild cooperation
Billionaires added $5 trillion to their fortunes during the pandemic, according to a report from Oxfam published in January. The world’s richest 10 men saw their collective wealth more than double between March 2020 and November 2021. Meanwhile, tens of millions more people around the world were pushed into extreme poverty as the global economy shut down, and many struggling households became reliant on emergency government support.
“The last two years have dramatized and clarified what has been true for some time now, which is an elite plutocratic class is not just leaving the rest of the world behind, but is thriving precisely by stepping on the necks of everybody else,” said Anand Giridharadas, author of the book “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World.”
This year’s financial market sell-off has hit the ultra-rich. But that won’t serve as much consolation to people in both developed and many developing economies experiencing the worst cost-of-living crises in decades. Soaring food and fuel prices are already causing hunger and hardship, fanning instability, triggering protests and emboldening political insurgents.
The 2022 forum was initially scheduled for January, but it was postponed after the outbreak of the Omicron variant. And while organizers have cobbled together a delayed springtime edition that they hope will remain relevant, many heavy hitters have scheduling conflicts or are opting out.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, who leads America’s biggest bank, won’t attend the event, which coincides with the company’s annual investor day presentation. US President Joe Biden — who delivered a big speech at Davos in 2017 — will be wrapping up a trip to South Korea and Japan. China’s presence is much reduced, with its big cities still gripped by Covid-19 and its tech titans lying low.
The main event is likely to be a speech on Monday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is expected to participate via videoconference. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are also scheduled to deliver addresses later in the week, which will be scrutinized as EU countries struggle to agree on a formal oil embargo against Russia.
In the past, Russian politicians and oligarchs were a fixture of Davos. Founder Klaus Schwab has long emphasized that dialogue and deeper economic ties can promote peace between political adversaries.
President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech at a virtual edition of the World Economic Forum just last year, and was invited to speak to attendees in 2015 after Russia annexed Crimea.
“At this moment in history where the world has a unique and short window of opportunity to move from an age of confrontation to an age of cooperation, the ability to hear your voice — the voice of the president of the Russian Federation — is essential,” Schwab said when introducing Putin in 2021.
In 2020, the CEOs of Lukoil, Sberbank and Yandex were on the list of attendees, along with the country’s energy minister.
This year, Putin won’t be attending. Nor will any Russian officials, magnates or executives. Rather, the program features discussions on issues such as “Cold War 2.0” and the “Return to War.”
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