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> Gates, the richest person on earth, actually welcomed them, say
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From: "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:19 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:22866] Henwood on the WEF
> One attendee, Bill
> Gates, the richest person on earth, actually welcomed them, say
One attendee, Bill
Gates, the richest person on earth, actually welcomed them, saying: "It's a
healthy thing there are
demonstrators in the streets. We need a discussion about whether the rich world
is giving back what
it should in the developing world. I think there is a legitimate question
wh
[The Nation]
COMMENT | March 4, 2002
Listening In on the WEF
As January turned into February, the most important people in the world gathered
themselves together
in midtown Manhattan for the annual World Economic Forum. Normally held in Davos--the
Swiss ski
resort previously famous for being t