In trying to track down an interview I saw about Davos 2015, my search started here.
The Socialist Party in the UK has the article Davos summit: ‘The pitchforks are coming!
At a packed Davos session a retired hedge fund manager made an interesting revelation. His former peers are planning their escapes. They’ve been buying airstrips and farms in remote locations just in case they need to make a quick getaway! Perhaps they’re heeding the advice of multi-millionaire Nick Hanauer who warned fellow oligarchs last year that “the pitchforks ARE coming!”
The interview I am looking for is with this unnamed hedge fund manager. I finally tracked down the article WEF Davos 2015 Hub Culture Interview Robert Johnson of the Institute for New Economic Thinking which featured the video below:
Robert Johnson of the Institute for New Economic Thinking feels that this Davos is quiet, people aren’t talking. And explains why, and what they should do about it.
There is also the interview Davos Economist: Elite Are Afraid of Ferguson-Style Riots.
Davos economist Robert Johnson, who made headlines this week for revealing that the wealthy are buying secret boltholes as a hedge against global instability, warned in a subsequent interview that the elite are also afraid of more riots in the mould of Ferguson, Missouri.
Along the way of my search, I found a number of other articles.
The Guardian in the UK has the article Davos 2015: world leaders ‘failing on social cohesion’, Davos 2015: overriding pessimism over growing inequality, As inequality soars, the nervous super rich are already planning their escapes. CNBC has many video in the article Davos 2015 – World Economic Forum. Many of the article themselves have links to other article.