Davos Annual Meeting 2008 – The Future of Global Governance
www.weforum.org 26.01.2008 The Future of Global Governance: Time for Government 2.0? Future generations are set to inherit a world replete with global challenges requiring collaborative innovation such as climate change and energy security, but without any institutions to address them effectively. How should existing governance institutions leverage new Internet platforms and embrace a “citizen-centric” approach to foster greater collaboration and innovation to address future global challenges? Agustin Carstens, Secretary of Finance of Mexico Kemal Dervis, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva Kumi Naidoo, Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer, Civicus-World Alliance for Citizen Participation, South Africa; Young Global Leader Sadako Ogata, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank, Washington DC Moderator David J. O’Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008
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Lou Dobs touches on Clintons response to a question on global governance and to Obama’s assault on the 2nd amendment
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Read MoreMichael Parenti — The Myth of the Founding Fatheres 3/3
As the United States government claims to spread democracy around the world and is deeply involved in ghost writing constitutions for other countries, the spotlight falls back on this country. Is the current US system a democracy, – has it ever been one? In The Myth of the Founding Fathers Michael Parenti takes us back to the early days of the republic. Who were the founding fathers, what were their goals in writing the US constitution? Whom did they exclude and whom did they favor? What was their attitude towards slavery? How many of them actually wanted to create a monarchy? And who – in the end – ratified the constitution after it was written?
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