Are the Davos debates still relevant?

Every January, Davos, a ski resort near Zà¼rich, Switzerland, hosts the annual conference of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Carefully curated 3,000 or so delegates and speakers from global business, government, civil society and academia gather for sessions on the most pressing issues of the day. The idea behind it is "improving the state of the world”. What are the pressing problems in the world in 2024? The biggest seems to be the lack of political consensus on anything at all; not even on how to talk about sorting out differences and ending wars. It's a time of upheaval and…