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Coming to Davos

By Peter Coy

Well-meaning One Percenters converge each year on an alpine ski resort—Davos, Switzerland—to solve problems ranging from the European debt crisis to global warming to youth unemployment. Alas, the problems tend to remain unsolved, as they did again in 2012. But the food at the World Economic Forum is good, the scenery is fantastic, and the networking can’t be beat.