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Davos is ‘broadly irrelevant’: ‘There is no case for guzzling jets and gallons of Dom Pérignon’

The annual financial summit has returned, but may not be welcome now

Critics suggest that at a time when the world's economy is recovering from the impact of Covid, as well as the devastation from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Davos does not project the right image
Critics suggest that at a time when the world's economy is recovering from the impact of Covid, as well as the devastation from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Davos does not project the right image Photo: Michelle Thompson for FN

It’s “far too elite”, “expensive” and “irrelevant”.

The World Economic Forum is back, but some financial heavyweights did not miss it.

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