Re: Re: what's going to happen?

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Devine, James wrote:

> It's interesting that they're pessimistic.
> Time to sell!

See below (from the anonymous Observer diary on the op-ed page of the FT).

> you weren't invited to the WEF?

I actually covered it for The Nation. Which means I got to hang out
in the press hotel, read press releases, watch closed-circuit TV, and
listen to the occasional press conference. I did get to see Bono &
BillG@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, though.

I better go write the piece now instead of telling PEN-L all about it.

Doug

PS: Surprise - Danny "Media Dissector" Schechter, proprietor of
mediachannel.org and half the management team of Globalvision, was
invited to the WEF.

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Financial Times; Feb 4, 2002

Why is the WEF so special? Maybe because it is almost always entirely
wrong. In 1990, the theme was dealing with Japan's economic might. In
1994, everyone was talking about the coming triumph of Asian values.

By 1999, the talk was of the future of the euro as a strong world
currency. In 2000, it was the transforming effects of information
technology and the internet on the world economy. Last year, everyone
was sure the world would escape recession.

This year's theme is "fragile times", which can only mean we are in
for a remarkable period of global peace and prosperity.