A Dose of Davos

Davos, Switzerland

IT’S really true: Everyone is here. I mean, everyone and his brother. No wonder the resentful resent Davos so much. It’s almost enough to make you believe in conspiracy! The World Economic Forum features heads of state, foreign ministers, finance ministers, CEOs, and many others who move and shake. There are about 2,500 participants in all. What was that Bill Buckley crack? That he’d rather be governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone book than by the Harvard faculty? Well, would he rather be governed by the pooh-bahs of Davos?

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Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.

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Davos, Switzerland

IT’S really true: Everyone is here. I mean, everyone and his brother. No wonder the resentful resent Davos so much. It’s almost enough to make you believe in conspiracy! The World Economic Forum features heads of state, foreign ministers, finance ministers, CEOs, and many others who move and shake. There are about 2,500 participants in all. What was that Bill Buckley crack? That he’d rather be governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone book than by the Harvard faculty? Well, would he rather be governed by the pooh-bahs of Davos?