In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, Forum‘s founder and president, Klaus Schwab, asks “How can business help save the world?” But, with the financial crisis hanging over Davos participants’ heads like the sword of Damocles, the question is becoming, “Can states and international institutions save business?”
达沃斯流行的第二个趋势是国家地位的回归。在谈多最近的外交关系时，论坛的创始人和总裁施瓦布问道：“商界应该怎样拯救世界？”但是当金融危机像达摩克利斯剑悬在达沃斯与会代表的头上时，问题正在变成“国家和国际组织怎样拯救商界？”