Davos: end of a political love affair?

Analysis: The theme of this year’s forum was ‘Globalisation 4.0’, a reference to the social disruption of automation. But as Ben Chu explains, ordinary people around the world are still grappling with globalisation’s earlier versions

Has politicians’ love for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum cooled? (EPA)

No Theresa May. No Donald Trump. No Emmanuel Macron. No Xi Jinping. No Narendra Modi. No Justin Trudeau.

Davos 2019 was notably light on the political leader front.

Together these no-show leaders represent countries that account for around half of the global economy and 40 per cent of the planet’s population.