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CREATED:20260901T102054Z
DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/global-outlook-2017-the-future-of
 -power-124">Global Outlook 2017: The Future of Power</a>\nHome Speakers Pr
 ogramme Information Veranstaltungsort Preise Documentation Who Are the Tru
 e Rulers of the 21st Century? Bild: jock+scott / photocase.de The optimism
  that accompanied the start of the new millennium has faded. The gulf betw
 een the elites and the masses\, nationalists and globalists\, experts and 
 laypeople\, the informed and the uninformed\, is growing ever wider. Donal
 d Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the US election is pointing at
  an era of divergence. Brexit\, Turkey and the Great Firewall of China are
  further signs of this change. The economic\, scientific and political exp
 erts who used to concern themselves with peaceful growth and technocratic 
 solutions are losing their following. However\, the expectation that the i
 nternet would lead to democratisation also remains unfulfilled. Today\, we
  are once again surrounded by borders\, economic stagnation and anti-liber
 alism. Who will really have power and influence tomorrow? Who will change 
 the world? Will creative monopolies like Google and Facebook impose their 
 rules on the economy? And what does all this mean for Europe – and for S
 witzerland? At the GDI\, world-leading experts will be discussing these qu
 estions. Already confirmed are: Moisés Naím (US/VE)\, distinguished fell
 ow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of the bes
 tseller "The End of Power"\, former minister of trade and industry for Ven
 ezuela and executive director of the World Bank Branko Milanović (US/RS)\
 , economist and visiting presidential professor at the City University of 
 New York who has published numerous papers for the World Bank on the cause
 s of inequality\, one of his most significant books is "Global Inequality"
 \, published in 2016 Robert D. Kaplan (US)\, senior fellow at the Center f
 or a New American Security in Washington and editor at "The Atlantic" maga
 zine\, author of numerous bestsellers ("The Revenge [...]
DTSTAMP:20260901T102054Z
LOCATION:GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute\, Langhaldenstrasse 21\, 8803 R
 üschlikon\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Global Outlook 2017: The Future of Power
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/global-outlook-2
 017-the-future-of-power-124">Global Outlook 2017: The Future of Power</a>\
 nHome Speakers Programme Information Veranstaltungsort Preise Documentatio
 n Who Are the True Rulers of the 21st Century? Bild: jock+scott / photocas
 e.de The optimism that accompanied the start of the new millennium has fad
 ed. The gulf between the elites and the masses\, nationalists and globalis
 ts\, experts and laypeople\, the informed and the uninformed\, is growing 
 ever wider. Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the US electi
 on is pointing at an era of divergence. Brexit\, Turkey and the Great Fire
 wall of China are further signs of this change. The economic\, scientific 
 and political experts who used to concern themselves with peaceful growth 
 and technocratic solutions are losing their following. However\, the expec
 tation that the internet would lead to democratisation also remains unfulf
 illed. Today\, we are once again surrounded by borders\, economic stagnati
 on and anti-liberalism. Who will really have power and influence tomorrow?
  Who will change the world? Will creative monopolies like Google and Faceb
 ook impose their rules on the economy? And what does all this mean for Eur
 ope – and for Switzerland? At the GDI\, world-leading experts will be di
 scussing these questions. Already confirmed are: Moisés Naím (US/VE)\, d
 istinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and 
 author of the bestseller "The End of Power"\, former minister of trade and
  industry for Venezuela and executive director of the World Bank Branko Mi
 lanović (US/RS)\, economist and visiting presidential professor at the Ci
 ty University of New York who has published numerous papers for the World 
 Bank on the causes of inequality\, one of his most significant books is "G
 lobal Inequality"\, published in 2016 Robert D. Kaplan (US)\, senior fello
 w at the Center for a New American Security in Washington and editor at "T
 he Atlantic" magazine\, author of numerous bestsellers ("The Revenge [...]
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