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We're in "polycrisis" (and it's not as fun as it sounds)
Ian Bremmer Explains: We're in "Polycrisis" (& It's Not As Fun As It Sounds) | GZERO World
January 21, 2023
After a pandemic hiatus in 2021 and a weird summer edition last year, Davos is back in 2023.
How does the World Economic Forum describe all the problems we'll likely face this year? One word: polycrisis, Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World.
That means many crises all at once, which compound each other, like tangled knots.
How do we untangle those knots? That's the question many in Davos are asking, but so far few solutions seem overly promising.
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