
© MIGUEL MEDINA / AFPJanuary 26, 2018, Davos, eastern Switzerland.
The Swiss resort of Chateaux-d'Oex is known for its hot air balloons. The Swiss resort of Davos is known for hot air. Or at least for one week a year, when some of the world's biggest windbags meet to discuss 'significant' issues.
This year, the cool and trendy thing to express concern over at the World Economic Forum is 'inequality.' OK, ya? Everyone seemed to agree that something needs to be done to narrow the "staggering" gap between rich and poor - to repeat the phrase used by Canada's liberal hipster PM Justin Trudeau, the man with those cute yellow and purple ducky socks.
French President
Emmanuel Macron, who we're told was greeted like a "rock star," declared: "In the global process, capitalism has become a capitalism of superstars, the spreading of value (to those lower down the ladder) is no longer equitable."
Comment: Yes, another special counsel to investigate the FBI/DOJ would be nice. It's not like we needed any more evidence of bias, mind you, but this really takes the cake. See also: