🇨🇭🚂 The Last Train to Davos: A Bonus Podcast about the World Economic Forum. 🚂 🇨🇭

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Did you get your invitation to the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland?   Neither did we. This exclusive annual meeting sets out to discuss some of the world's greatest challenges to economic and social development.  World leaders, rock stars, economists, royalty, CEOs, and anyone willing to pay the $72,000 to attend (that's $52,000 for the annual membership to the forum, and another $19,000 to attend the event) can make their way to Davos for a week-long exclusive mixer.  For years the World Economic Forum has been critiqued for its lack of transparency, overt elitism, and air of authority over international development.   In this podcast Dr. Bob Huish, Dr. Isaac Saney & Dr. Adam Sneyd await their invitations to the World Economic Forum, and while they wait, they discuss the nature of the "The Forum", and whether or not the 2020 forum's slogan of "Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World" has any merit among a group that will put 18,092 metric tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere from their use of private planes to get to the meeting.  Dr. Isaac Saney is a historian focusing on Cuba, issues of race and racism, and Black and African diaspora studies.  He is  the director of the transition year program at Dalhousie University which is the vanguard program for addressing historical injustice and inequities for indigenous and African Nova Scotian students. Dr. Adam Sneyd is an Associate Professor with the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph. Adam's research focuses on the global politics of commodities, and has emphasized food, resource and development challenges in African contexts. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish