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...British Prime Minister Tony Blair and leaders of dozens of other countries, as well as to the heads of global institutions and corporations from IBM to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As political and business leaders ready themselves for their trek to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, they do so at a time when the mistrust of authority?and an increasingly vocal disrespect for it?has gone global. Deference is dead, replaced by sniping, cynicism and an outpouring of open protest. Thanks to the Internet, every individual's gripe can now be amplified...
Summers at the World Economic Forum University President Lawrence H. Summers is co-chairing the annual meeting of the WEF in Davos, Switzerland this week. He is also participating in three sessions...
Summers, speaking at the World Economic Forum, said the emergence of a U.S. economy dependent on imports—and, conversely, the rise of an export-based world economy—will require modification in order to avert a significant economic disruption...
Video highlights from the session have been posted on the forum's website...
Gender inequality in developing countries can be corrected most effectively by educating girls, University President Lawrence H. Summers said at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland...