Davos

How China’s Digital Currency Could Challenge the Dollar

Every morning, Mei Yi waves goodbye to his wife and 3-year-old son and sets off for his finance job in central Beijing, riding into town by public bike share. Like most urban Chinese, the 37-year-old...

Both Asia and the West Need Stakeholder Capitalism

It hasn’t always been easy to discern from a Western vantage point, but the rise of China and Asia has been the most important economic development of the past four decades. In 1979, many Chinese...

'A Trust Paradox.' New Report Finds Distrust in Capitalism, Government and Global Institutions — Despite a Strong Economy

Despite near full employment, the report found that 56% of respondents believe capitalism does more harm than good in the world

Davos Reset: New Manifesto Issued for World Economic Forum's 50th Anniversary, Updating the Forum's Guiding Document for the Modern Era

The Manifesto declares that companies should pay their share of taxes, fight corruption, support human rights, and push for fair market competition

Why Attendees Left Davos Feeling Optimistic About the Economy

I've been attending the World Economic Forum in Davos for more than two decades, and I can't recall another time when the meeting ended with attendees who were so optimistic about the economic outlook. Their...

Davos Is Inspiring Quite a Few Game of Thrones Memes for a Hilarious Reason

The very important meeting known as the World Economic Forum is happening in Davos, Switzerland, this week, but that's not the only Davos on the world's radar, so the Game of Thrones memes are here....

What the Global Elite Can Learn From Donald Trump

Most years, the late-January gathering of the world's political, business and financial heavyweights in Davos is dominated by an event or individual. In early 2002, it was 9/11 and terrorism. Last year, it was the...

This New Group Wants to Stop Pandemics Before They Start

The coalition aims to shorten vaccine development time

18 Finalists Named for the 2017 TIME India Awards

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Jan. 27 at the Confederation of Indian Industry’s Partnership Summit in India's Andhra Pradesh state

China's Xi Jinping Becomes an Unlikely Advocate of Free Trade at Davos

But China is facing economic problems with falling trade and massive capital outflows

Poll: What Do You Think About American Political Divides?

As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, electoral divisions remain

Poll: Will Digital Privacy Become a Luxury?

Technology is a tool that also risks becoming a threat to privacy

9 Questions With Klaus Schwab

The founder and executive chair of the World Economic Forum explains how society can have an identity crisis—and what a Precariat is Davos takes place this year at a time of uncommon instability. How come?...

'We Need to Change the Way We Think About Feminism'

Redefining what it means to move toward equality

These 5 Facts Explain the Unstable Global Middle Class

The growth of a global middle class is one of the great successes of globalization. But rising quality of life begets rising expectations that many governments are ill-equipped to manage. In an interconnected global economy,...

Finalists For the TIME India Awards Are Announced

Kevin Spacey Brings a Little Frank Underwood to Davos

Actor famed for playing world leader walks in real corridors of power

Here's Why Global Markets are Panicking Right Now

China is showing two faces to the world, one worrying and the other moderately encouraging

These 5 Facts Explain How Technology Is Shaping Our World

How it affects inequality, the climate, education, health and security

This Is the Best Country in the World

According to a Davos report

The 1 Thing on Everybody's Mind at Davos 2016

Most want to know when will the great revolution in technology actually deliver enough jobs

7 Questions With Klaus Schwab

The founder of the 40-year-old World Economic Forum in Davos says the digital revolution demands a different, and more human, kind of leadership

Why This Year's World Economic Forum Matters

Some of the world's top minds are meeting in Davos this month

Meet 10 CEOs and University Leaders Working For Gender Equality

From Unilever to the University of Hong Kong, a wave of male executives join UNWomen's new 'HeForShe' initiative

Down and Out in Davos

Why the world’s powerful are worried about 2015

Bill Gates: HIV Vaccine a Reality by 2030

New drugs would significantly impact the global struggle against the virus which has claimed the lives on millions over the past 30 years

Kerry and Hollande Call for Intensified Fight Against Terrorism

"This fight will not be decided on the battlefield, but in the classrooms," Kerry says

Emma Watson Launches New Anti-Sexism Initiative

The "Harry Potter" star was in Switzerland to unveil a new UN project aimed at improving gender equality

The 5 Numbers That Explain Davos 2015

From the outside, Davos doesn’t change much. Political and business leaders from around the world have again descended on this beautiful Swiss ski town for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. On the...

The Coming Crisis Making the World's Most Powerful People Blanch

If global growth slows, as some predict it will, the globe is in for a lot of very big problems

How Technology Is Making All of Us Less Trusting

The world's major tech companies better pay attention to the growing backlash — before it's too late

Thought Leaders at Davos See Opportunities in 2015

Amid global crises thought leaders find reasons to be hopeful

Ukrainian President Pleads for Western Aid at Davos

Poroshenko channels Charlie Hebdo in an emotional speech in Switzerland

This Is Why There Aren't More Women at Davos

This year only 17% of Davos participants are women. That number doesn’t reflect how bad gender diversity in global leadership really is

Pharrell Williams and Al Gore Announce 'Live Earth' Concert in June

Taking place over seven continents, it will be the largest event of its kind ever staged

What Obama and Davos Plutocrats Have in Common

Global wealth has changed dramatically. It's time our tax code should, too