Davos 2023

It will take more than wealth taxes to tackle this gross inequality | Letters

Letters: Martin Lyster suggests dismantling the mechanisms that concentrate wealth, while Naomi Roberts calls for taxes to include the modestly rich

26, Jan, 2023 @6:11 PM

What we learned at Davos: signs of hope emerge from the pessimism | Larry Elliott

Prospects for artificial intelligence and green transition fuel sense that the only way is up for the global economy

Larry Elliott Economics editor

22, Jan, 2023 @5:58 PM

Wilson won after 13 wasted Tory years. Starmer can do exactly the same

The Labour front bench was highly visible in Davos, while Sunak didn’t even attend. One senses that the guard is changing

William Keegan

22, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

Colombia announces halt on fossil fuel exploration for a greener economy

The minister for mines, Irene Vélez, told world leaders the country will shift away from fossil fuels to begin a sustainable chapter

Luke Taylor in Bogotá

20, Jan, 2023 @9:06 PM

‘They’re 25, they don’t do emails’: is instant chat replacing the inbox?

Bosses at Davos say direct messaging can be more effective for Gen Z employees – but email still has a role

Dan Milmo and Alfie Packham

20, Jan, 2023 @4:00 PM

China’s future to AI and jobs: five big questions from Davos

From the threat of AI weaponising spam to a trade war sparked by green subsidies, the taxing topics at this year’s World Economic Forum

John Collingridge and Larry Elliott in Davos

20, Jan, 2023 @3:13 PM

Davos day 4: IMF’s Georgieva says economic outlook ‘less bad’ than feared; Russia heading for ‘incredible poverty’ – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the final day of the World Economic Forum

Graeme Wearden in Davos

20, Jan, 2023 @1:40 PM

Davos day three: Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak shouldn’t have missed WEF – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where Labour leader says ‘absence of the UK’ has been pressed on him during his meetings

Graeme Wearden

19, Jan, 2023 @5:19 PM

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves fill a vacuum in Davos charm offensive

Labour’s top team take advantage of Rishi Sunak’s absence from the World Economic Forum

Larry Elliott and John Collingridge in Davos

19, Jan, 2023 @4:56 PM

‘Ridiculous’: Greta Thunberg blasts decision to let UAE oil boss chair climate talks

Climate activist at Davos says lobbyists have been influencing conferences ‘since forever’

Graeme Wearden in Davos

19, Jan, 2023 @4:28 PM

I’m a millionaire – this is why I’m at Davos begging to pay more tax | Phil White

I’ve seen how growing inequality is tearing societies apart. Now I’m calling for the world’s richest people to pay their fair share, says founder member of Patriotic Millionaires UK Phil White

Phil White

19, Jan, 2023 @10:15 AM