What’s the point of Davos? This is a question seldom addressed in the reports filed
from the five-day “World Economic Forum” which ended on Sunday. Many speeches are made, many issues debated, but it is not a place where decisions are taken. It is not a G20. Manifestos are not
launched there. It exists to serve a very particular function: every year for a short period of time it becomes the temporary capital of the globalised world. Top business and political leaders,
distinguished academics and journalists – all committed to improving the state of the world – flock there to meet each other, swap ideas and then go home.
This year, I went along for my first visit – and I promised to file my own report for CoffeeHouse on what I made of it.
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