THE purported theme of the World Economic Forum (WEF) changes every year. At this year's gathering, on January 21st-24th, it will be "the new global context". Last time, it was "reshaping the world". But the forum's real theme is less ponderous, and more constant: the power of networking. Many people protest that they would rather devote their time to real work than to schmoozing. But the fact that more than 2,500 of the world's busiest people fly out to the small Swiss resort of Davos for the s...
THE purported theme of the World Economic Forum (WEF) changes every year. At this year's gathering, on January 21st-24th, it will be "the new global context". Last time, it was "reshaping the world". But the forum's real theme is less ponderous, and more constant: the power of networking. Many people protest that they would rather devote their time to real work than to schmoozing. But the fact that more than 2,500 of the world's busiest people fly out to the small Swiss resort of Davos for the s...
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