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Opinion > Columns
Elite global forum of dwindling prestige and expectations
By Yen Makabenta
Jan 17, 2023 12:11 am

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THE German novelist Thomas Mann set his masterpiece, 'The Magic Mountain,' in a sanitarium in Davos, Switzerland, Mann gained the inspiration for the story from his own stay in Davos.

A police security guard stands on the roof of a hotel ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20, 2022. AP FILE PHOTO

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