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# Davos 2019

## Davos 2019

* ![Tim Cook chief executive officer of Apple](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bd5aca398dcf752/6989438716d884564bc3471b/tim-cook-apple-ceo-privacy-online.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[You Deserve Privacy Online. Here's How You Could Actually Get It](/collections/davos-2019/5502591/tim-cook-data-privacy/)  
byTim Cook
* ![A composite image of Jane Goodall, Al Gore, Queen Rania and Justin Trudeau](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9bfb29dc9ed6235/6989436e7cdbac83dcd5ee38/leaders-urgent-goals-2020-davos-featured.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Justin Trudeau, Jane Goodall and Others on Their Big Ideas For Changing the 2020s](/collections/davos-2019/5502586/big-ideas-2020s/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![The Cost of Inequality Panel at Davos](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63845a9d5c409ec6/698943fb09208fe963413337/screen-shot-2019-01-25-at-12.28.17.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Davos Panel on Inequality Becomes Discussion About the Very Rich ‘Paying Their Fair Share'](/collections/davos-2019/5512726/davos-economic-inequality-time/)  
byBilly Perrigo and Abby Vesoulis
* ![An illustration of the World Economic Forum annual meeting logo](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3e45d425b9e567c/6989440722fb850e33e27a96/wef-friday.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Davos Daily Review: Jane Goodall, Income Inequality and Climate Change](/collections/davos-2019/5513710/davos-daily-review-jane-goodall-income-inequality/)  
byJennifer Duggan
* ![Almost 80% of the world’s marine fish stocks are now fully exploited, overexploited or depleted](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdb48d9f6e06bd50/6989435522fb851505e27953/oceans-in-peril-photos-davos-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[See the Staggering Impact Humans Have Had on the World's Oceans](/collections/davos-2019/5502588/oceans-in-peril/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83822b2420f8a07f/6989439322fb85fc8fe279d5/klaus-schwab-davos-optimists-playbook-1-1-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Founder of Davos on Confronting Nationalism and Inequality](/collections/davos-2019/5502587/davos-founder-interview/)  
byHaley Sweetland Edwards


* ![World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab, photographed in Geneva](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0096b40283242fd/69894375929fad2193bf2864/davos-cover-behind-the-issue-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[About TIME’s Special Davos Issue](/collections/davos-2019/5504509/behind-the-issue/)  
byEdward Felsenthal
* ![SWITZERLAND-DAVOS-POLITICS-ECONOMY-DIPLOMACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbeb268dbbdba9331/698943f87cdbac7d53d5ef12/guterres.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Davos Daily Review: U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Austria's Sebastian Kurz, Canada's Chrystia Freeland](/collections/davos-2019/5512608/davos-daily-review-guterres-kruz-freeland/)  
byTara Law
* ![German chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt994f63da68806164/698943e8656a3f4721bd681a/merkel-davos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Davos Daily Review: Angela Merkel, New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern and Alibaba's Jack Ma](/collections/davos-2019/5511150/davos-day-2-merkel-ardern-ma/)  
byTara Law
* ![CHINA-BEIJING-AI RESTAURANT \(CN\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f300e3505e0987d/698943287cdbac0dedd5edb0/artificial-intelligence-robots-what-to-know.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Artificial Intelligence Is Powerful—And Misunderstood. Here's How We Can Protect Workers](/collections/davos-2019/5501056/artificial-intelligence-protect-workers/)  
byKai-Fu Lee
* ![Monitors display a video showing facial recognition software in use at the headquarters of the artificial intelligence company Megvii, in Beijing.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4f5f7fee0fa89ad/6989437097cdff51e96b72b5/china-social-credit-scores.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[How China Is Using “Social Credit Scores” to Reward and Punish Its Citizens](/collections/davos-2019/5502592/china-social-credit-score/)  
byCharlie Campbell / Chengdu
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt225c4da4b8923899/69894362656a3fd3aebd6727/sompo-ceo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Finding the Common Good in the Fourth Industrial Revolution](/collections/davos-2019/5504446/content-from-sompo-2/)  
byTIME Staff


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f36c66dc7e94e0a/698943c4db29870543261b21/davos-video-012219.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Davos Daily Review: Brazil's Bolsonaro, Mike Pompeo and Prince William](/collections/davos-2019/5510002/davos-day-1-bolsonaro-pompeo-prince-william/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8e3ae354f0d31b0/69894370096a9418e56a460c/universal-basic-income.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Should the Federal Government Give Everyone a Monthly Check? The Latest Push for Universal Income](/collections/davos-2019/5502590/universal-basic-income/)  
byKevin Conley
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8536d8e5383ae06/6989437d8fd2eeb0d335d9bf/content-from-abb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[YuMi® the World’s First Truly Collaborative Robot](/collections/davos-2019/5504841/content-from-abb/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![Industrial Revolution Equality Illustration](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bc3f436668600ec/6989436f86f68e24596eb2b4/industrial-revolution-equality.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Next Industrial Revolution Is Coming. Here’s How We Can Ensure Equality](/collections/davos-2019/5502589/next-industrial-revolution/)  
byJohn Lanchester
* ![Man standing on top of stairs](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfc13f6c5a40d2ec4/6989437386f68ef2036eb2b8/elite-world-problems-davos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Elites Who Want to Fix the World's Problems Should Start By Looking in the Mirror](/collections/davos-2019/5504505/message-to-elites/)  
byAnand Giridharadas
* ![Leaders Making Change](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52a47423ff5f06c0/69894358b21a9cfbd64ffe9d/leaders-making-change-davos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Eight Young Leaders on How They Want to Shape the Decade Ahead](/collections/davos-2019/5502593/making-change-young-leaders/)  
byTIME Staff


* ![SWITZERLAND-DAVOS-POLITICS-ECONOMY-DIPLOMACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt577b6c295ae7355c/6989439416d884c472c3473c/gettyimages-1083129158.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[The Quick Read on Davos 2019, aka the World's Most Important Watering Hole](/collections/davos-2019/5505958/davos-2019-world-economic-forum/)  
byIan Bremmer
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7a4d3323e73682b/6989435f929fad35cdbf2839/sompo-headquarters.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Providing Solutions for a Changing World](/collections/davos-2019/5504399/content-from-sompo-1/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![Grapping claw building a house, 3d rendering](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7185fc2e5c3b429e/69894398656a3f37b8bd6775/future-facts-davos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[What Does the Future Hold? Here Are Some Innovations And Problems To Expect](/collections/davos-2019/5507006/future-innovations-problems/)  
byDon Steinberg
* ![SWITZERLAND-DAVOS-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-ECONOMY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba5a921768f6fd8e/698943a886f68e7e9d6eb331/klaus-schwab-wef.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
['We Are All Stakeholders of Our Global Future': Klaus Schwab, Founder of the World Economic Forum, Talks Change and Progress](/collections/davos-2019/5508187/klaus-schwab-world-economic-forum-time/)  
byAlejandro de la Garza
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta674ad618f18216b/6989436286f68e71e96eb29c/sompo-tablet.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Artificial Intelligence at Sompo](/collections/davos-2019/5504455/content-from-sompo-3/)  
byTIME Staff
* ![U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen on a screen at the World Economic Forum](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9907e03a72529c08/698943c109208fbeaa4132cc/mike-pompeo-speech-davos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
[Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Delivers Trump-Style Video Message to Davos](/collections/davos-2019/5509600/mike-pompeo-speech-davos-2019/)  
byGlen Carey / Bloomberg


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