Jan 24 2020 35 mins 12
In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In recent years, it has critically engaged with the negative effects of globalization. But is its newfound social consciousness sincere or just virtue-signaling? If you like what you hear on Trend Lines and what you’ve read on WPR, you can sign up for our free newsletter to get our uncompromising analysis delivered straight to your inbox. The newsletter offers a free preview article every day of the week, plus three more complimentary articles in our weekly roundup every Friday. Sign up here. Then subscribe. Relevant Articles on WPR: Greta Thunberg Is Right About the Climate Crisis. Now What? The Bezos Hack and the Dangers of Spyware in the Hands of Autocrats Donald Versus Davos: Whose World Is It? Trump Found the Sweet Spot Where ‘America First’ and the Davos World Meet The Sorry State of U.S. Election Security Makes Foreign Interference Inevitable Zimbabwe’s Old Guard, Still in Power After Mugabe, Is Stifling Its Youth Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. To send feedback or questions, email us at [email protected].
