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Income Gap and Fiscal Inequity Pose Top Risks in 2012, Economic Forum FindsIf these problems are not addressed, a result could be a "dystopian future for much of humanity," according to the report, which was publ...
‘Mad Max’ warning for world? Economic forum fears seeds of ‘dystopian future’ are being planted todayLONDON - The World Economic Forum warned Wednesday that the financial crisis that has gripped the global economy for the past few years i...
Global Risks Report 2012 Finds Income Inequality To Be A Threat To Economies WorldwideGrowing income disparity threatens political backlash * WEF sees risk of globalisation unravelling * Report says fiscal crises at centre ...
Inequality is 'top global risk'"Severe income inequality" is the biggest global risk, according to a panel of experts assembled by the World Economic Forum. The group p...
The constellation of global risks, 2012 editionToday, there is a sense that we understand the benefits of the Internet more fully than we understand the risks. Terrorism, crime and war...Economic and social turmoil risk reversing the gains of globalization, report warns
The world's vulnerability to further economic shocks and social upheaval risk undermining the progress that globalization has brought, wa...
Cyber crime a major risk to stability, warns WEF - TelegraphThe survey, which points to a bleak outlook just two weeks before the start of the WEF's annual meeting in Davos, warns that although the...
Global financial crisis 'threatens to drag world back to the 1930s'In its annual assessment of the global economy, the World Economic Forum warned of a rising tide of protectionism, nationalism and protes...Growing wealth divide puts globalization at risk
LONDON | Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:03am EST LONDON (Reuters) - A backlash against rising inequality -- evident from the Occupy movement to the A...- GenevaLunch » WEF Global Risks 2012: shift from environmental to socio-economic concernGENEVA, SWITZERLAND - A year ago the focus of concern for world political and corporate leaders was environmental but that has now shifte...
China's collapse 'will bring economic crisis to climax in 2012'A looming hard landing in China will bring the financial and economic crisis of the past five years to a climax in 2012, one of the City ...- Hyper-connected world is at risk from critical systems failure | Datacenter DynamicsCritical systems failure tops concerns in the technological category as identified in the top 50 threats to global development according ...
World Economic Forum Warns Economic, Social Turmoil Risk Globalization GainsThe latest report from the World Economic Forum highlights the "world's vulnerability to further economic shocks and social upheavals." T...
14 Major Risks That Used To Be The Stuff Of Science FictionRisk management is a part of our everyday personal and professional lives. We know to look both ways before crossing the street. We also ...- OpEds:
How Safe Are Our Safeguards?Imagine a parallel world in which no supplier of computer operating systems had offered an upgraded product since, say, 1990. Software de...
How to tackle the risks of cyber attacks - TelegraphAny device with software-defined behaviour can be tricked into doing things its creators did not intend. Any device connected to a networ...
Have we sown the seeds of dystopia? | | Independent Eagle Eye - Breaking views from Independent commentators - BlogsThe word dystopia refers to a fictitious place in which everything has gone awry. It is the flip side of utopia, the word coined by Sir T...- And some tweets:
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Trends including 'expanding gap between rich and poor are fueling resentment worldwide' says #WEF #riskreport 2012
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