Tag: World Economic Forum

EU Urges US to Draft Joint Rule Book to Rein in Tech Giants

BRUSSELS—The European Union on Tuesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden to help draw up a common rule book to rein in the power of big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter and combat the spread of fake news that is eating away at Western democracies. In a speech to the Davos World Economic Forum,…


Russia’s Vladimir Putin to Address World Economic Forum on Wednesday

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the World Economic Forum (WEF) by video conference on Wednesday, Russian news agencies cited his spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Monday. The event, which gathers business chiefs, political thinkers, and state leaders, is being held online due to COVID-19. Putin’s appearance is likely to be contentious with critics…


Beware the Corporatocracy

A Hollywood dystopian plotline cliché depicts large corporations as despotic exploiters controlling society and manipulating individuals to maximize profits. Think “Alien.” Think “Blade Runner.” Think “Robocop.” I have always thought that this villainous corporations plotline was a stretch. Free societies would never, I assumed, surrender personal liberty to the control of big business. But recent…


Paul Kengor: Abolition of Private Property Is at the Core of Communism

To define communism in a sentence it is best to use original words by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, who wrote that communist doctrine can be summarized as the abolition of private property Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College, told The Epoch Times in an interview. “The theory of the Communists…