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Misha Zelinsky

Hello Davos, you are the problem

Global elites are busy undermining the economic fairness that’s needed if the anti-democrats and demagogues are to be kept at bay.

What’s eating liberal democracy? Davos attendees will offer no shortage of answers. But with news the world’s richest people grabbed two-thirds of the $US42 trillion of wealth created since 2020, they should consider looking in the mirror. Or their bank accounts.

The Davos Class has some choices to make. While we can’t rely on the altruism of billionaires, hopefully we can appeal to their self-interest. AP

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Misha Zelinsky is a Fulbright Scholar, a former assistant national secretary Australian Workers' Union, and expert associate at the National Security College.

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