World Economic Forum 2008 – long on rhetoric, short on options
The Forum is an intense 4 days, and this year probably more so than most – even folowing it by written word and video as I did was intense. There were some clear themes, and some clear leadership from surprising sources. The surprise was the Asian contingent and their discussion of global co-operation. Prime Minister Aso of Japan, Premier Wen of China, and Prime Minister Putin of Russia all summarised the crisis well, and spoke clearly about solutions comprising both domestic programs to boost GDP and consumption, and global co-operation to re-arrange global finance Tony Blair was another bright spot … Continue reading World Economic Forum 2008 – long on rhetoric, short on options
