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By Edward Felsenthal
How Employers Can Do More to Support Families
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Adar Poonawalla is no stranger to gambles. He owes his multibillion-dollar empire to a series of big bets that paid off handsomely. Cyrus Poonawalla, his father, made his own fortune on horses—and then multiplied it...
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January 18, 2022
Business Executives Share Why It Can Pay to Do Good
As global leaders discuss how to build a better future in a post-pandemic world, business executives weigh profits and purpose
By Vivienne Walt
January 18, 2022
Why Timnit Gebru Isn’t Waiting for Big Tech to Fix AI's Problems
Three hundred and sixty-four days after she lost her job as a co-lead of Google’s ethical artificial intelligence (AI) team, Timnit Gebru is nestled into a couch at an Airbnb rental in Boston, about to...
By Billy Perrigo
January 18, 2022
Why TIME Dedicated This Special Issue to the Power of Collaboration
In early December, vaccinated and rapid tested, I had the opportunity to catch up in person with Klaus Schwab, chairman of the World Economic Forum, our partner in this special issue. It was his first...
By Edward Felsenthal
January 18, 2022
The Surprisingly Low Price Tag on Preventing Climate Disaster
As the climate crisis worsens, too many people are swinging from denial straight to despair. A few years ago, it was common to hear people deny climate change, downplay the enormousness of the threat, or...
By Yuval Noah Harari
January 18, 2022
A Top Economist on Why We Need a New Social Contract
Minouche Shafik, the British-American director of the London School of Economics, on why we need a new social contract
By Dan Stewart
August 11, 2021
Twitter is Evolving Beyond Hybrid Working and the Workplace
We let employees choose the city or town in which they want to live, as well as the workstyle they prefer'
By Jennifer Christie
August 11, 2021
Austin Mayor On How Cities Can Support Hybrid Models of Work
As cities transition to the new normal, they need to find ways to support citizens and employers to work in new ways'
By Steve Adler
August 11, 2021
Technology Can Help Foster Inclusivity, Productivity at Work
'We destigmatized working from home— letting the messiness of our personal lives permeate a sanitized working world'
By Anjali Sud
August 11, 2021
Remote Working Could Bring More Women Into India's Workforce
Overall, only 23% percent of all women who could work are employed. This is a tragic waste,' writes Tata Sons' Chairman
By N. Chandrasekaran
August 11, 2021
Organizations Must Reorient Work to Center Workers
These last 18 months constitute a watershed. On one side, history’s tributaries run in one direction; on the other, toward something new. Years from now, we will refer to these periods as the B.C. and...
By Darren Walker
August 11, 2021
Banks Must Embrace Hybrid Working. Here's Why
Hybrid or flexible working has been happening for years across many sectors. That said, prior to 2020, a large financial institution going majority hybrid seemed as unlikely as having to show a vaccination card to...
By Ralph Hamers
August 11, 2021
Universities Can Build a More Resilient Future Post-Pandemic
New technologies help us expand access and blend the best of the physical and virtual worlds, the Yale President says
By Peter Salovey
August 11, 2021
Auto Workers May Be Left Behind As Industry Shifts Green
The AFL-CIO estimates that 25-30% of auto-making jobs could disappear in the industry’s transition
By Justin Worland
August 11, 2021
How the Pandemic Forced Japan to Rethink Its Work Culture
"Changes that would normally take years in Japan happened in just a few months" writes Nomura CEO Kentaro Okuda
By Kentaro Okuda
August 11, 2021
How China Is Using AI to Fuel the Next Industrial Revolution
"AI is the engine fueling the fourth industrial revolution. China is at the forefront in manifesting this change"
By Kai-Fu Lee
August 11, 2021
AI Can Endanger Lives. We Must Enforce Stronger Safeguards
Too often we fall into the trap of “enchanted determinism”: the belief that A.I. systems are both magical and superhuman
By Kate Crawford
August 11, 2021
How a New Deal for Global Taxation Might Save Democracy
Every year, multinational corporations divert some $1.38 trillion in profits away from the countries where they were made to places with much lower, or even zero, corporate tax rates. And while much of this is...
By Malcolm Turnbull
August 11, 2021
Sadiq Khan Has A Plan to Build a Greener, Fairer London
"For anybody who thinks they’ve got us on the ropes, the history of London is Muhammad Ali, knocking people out"
By Ciara Nugent
August 11, 2021
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...
By Charlie Campbell
August 11, 2021
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...
By Klaus Schwab
August 11, 2021
'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
By Madeleine Carlisle
January 21, 2020
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
By Madeleine Carlisle
December 2, 2019
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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...
By Alan Murray
February 1, 2018
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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....
By Ashley Hoffman
January 25, 2018
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...
By Richard Haass
January 25, 2018
This New Group Wants to Stop Pandemics Before They Start
The coalition aims to shorten vaccine development time
By Alexandra Sifferlin
January 19, 2017
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
By TIME Staff
January 18, 2017
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
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
January 17, 2017
Poll: What Do You Think About American Political Divides?
As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, electoral divisions remain
By Katie Reilly
January 13, 2017
Poll: Will Digital Privacy Become a Luxury?
Technology is a tool that also risks becoming a threat to privacy
By Katie Reilly
January 13, 2017
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?...
By Michael Duffy
January 12, 2017
'We Need to Change the Way We Think About Feminism'
Redefining what it means to move toward equality
By Shelley Zalis
February 23, 2016
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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,...
By Ian Bremmer
January 29, 2016
Finalists For the TIME India Awards Are Announced
By TIME Staff
January 21, 2016
Kevin Spacey Brings a Little Frank Underwood to Davos
Actor famed for playing world leader walks in real corridors of power
By Julia Zorthian
January 21, 2016
Here's Why Global Markets are Panicking Right Now
China is showing two faces to the world, one worrying and the other moderately encouraging
By Rana Foroohar
January 20, 2016
These 5 Facts Explain How Technology Is Shaping Our World
How it affects inequality, the climate, education, health and security
By Ian Bremmer
January 20, 2016
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By Sarah Begley
January 20, 2016
The 1 Thing on Everybody's Mind at Davos 2016
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By Rana Foroohar
January 20, 2016
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
By Michael Duffy
January 14, 2016
Why This Year's World Economic Forum Matters
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By Rana Foroohar and Arpita Aneja
January 11, 2016
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By Charlotte Alter
May 5, 2015
Down and Out in Davos
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By Rana Foroohar
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