Davos, the Alpine resort, thronged by the gilded crowds of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is a bacchanal that now seems antiquated, if not obsolete.
Still, watching the crowds from the sidelines, I can’t help but feel that the 2022 edition — with its lavish dinners, corporate pavilions and chalets — is a sort of fin de siècle, an end of an era, that was set in motion by Covid-19 and other events.
