World Economic Forum delegates concerned by rise of populist politics
On the second day of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss Alps, delegates disagreed on how best to address the upending of the western political order, a debate made doubly urgent by the string of elections in Europe this year where anti-establishment parties could gain more ground.
While IMF chief Christine Lagarde urged a list of policies from programmes to retrain workers to more social spending, others fretted that the turbulence is only starting.
