[E-rundbrief] Info 1072 - TNI - Davos Class without solutions

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1072 - Brid Brennan (TNI): Time to expose the Davos 
Class and push for a new direction. (World Economic Forum 2012 in 
Davos/ CH)

Bad Ischl, 25.1.2012

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Time to expose the Davos Class and push for a new direction

Brid Brennan, Transnational Institute

http://www.tni.org/report/state-corporate-power-2012

Dear friends,
Today, in a small ski resort in the Swiss Alps, thousands of corporate 
and political elites will gather at the exclusive World Economic Forum 
meets during an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy. Its founding 
President, Klaus Schwab has admitted that capitalism "is out of whack" 
(1) and needs fixing. Schwab argues that the economic crises we face 
are due to excesses and "lack of inclusiveness."

To mark the occasion, the Transnational Institute has produced a 
series of powerful infographics (2) to expose the reality of corporate 
power and its immense social and environmental costs. They show that 
the problems are systemic and a result of the hijack of political and 
economic policy by a small corporate elite. The Davos Class cannot 
possibly find a solution, because their entrenched power is the reason 
for the crises.

The Occupy and Indignado movements have exposed the division between 
1% and the 99% and have alerted public opinion to the inequality and 
injustices embedded in neoliberal fundamentalist policies. These 
infographics give a global face to these issues and over the next few 
weeks we will also show the linkages between inequality and trade, 
land and water policies too.

Please share the infographics widely! Thanks for your support.

Brid Brennan, Coordinator
Economic Justice, Corporate Power and Alternatives Programme,
Transnational Institute

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Infographics:

Planet Earth: A Corporate World
Which are the biggest companies in the world? Which corporations 
control them? How does their power compare with states?

The global 0.001%
Globally we are not talking about 1% but an even smaller elite of 
0.001% who control two thirds of world GDP. What could that money buy?

The world's richest men
Who are they and how did they get so rich? How much tax do they pay?

Neoliberal architects
A global economy that has benefited a small elite is no accident: it 
was carefully designed by politicians who often worked for 
transnational corporations and at times were rewarded by them after 
leaving office

Introduction to the Davos Class
Susan George
The Davos class run our major institutions and know exactly what they 
want, but they face a huge crisis of legitimacy because their ideology 
isn't working and they have virtually no ideas nor imagination to 
resolve this.

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TNI archives on Davos

Voices of the World Social Forum
Interview with Susan George
http://www.tni.org/article/voices-world-social-forum-1

A Davos lesson: Free-market policies are unpopular
Praful Bidwai
http://www.tni.org/archives/bidwai_davoslesson

Davos 2000: Global Conspiracy or Capitalist Circus?
Walden Bello
http://www.tni.org/archives/archives_bello_davos1

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Links:
(1) 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ap-interview-davos-forum-founder-says-capitalism-is-out-of-balance-warns-conflicts-await/2012/01/24/gIQACOTRNQ_story.html

(2) http://www.tni.org/report/state-corporate-power-2012


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