Carney's Headline-Making Davos Speech Boosts Personal Brand, but Liberals and Conservatives Evenly Matched; Polling

Mark Carney's Davos delusion

In this week’s Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau engage in a deconstruction of multiple modern economic and geopolitical myths, from Mark Carney’s Davos speech to the shifting power dynamics between Europe and the United States. Was Carney’s much-lauded call for a new multilateral alliance actually a muddled and hypocritical attempt to revive a global order that has already ruptured? And was Europe’s “victory” over Trump with re…

‘Pragmatist’ Sir Keir Starmer distances himself from Mark Carney’s Davos speech

Mr Carney spoke of a ‘rupture in the world order’. Sir Keir Starmer described himself as “a British pragmatist” as he appeared to distance himself from his Canadian counterpart’s call for “middle powers” to band together. In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said a “rupture in the world order” meant “great powers” were acting “without any constraints”. He said “middle powers” such as his…

Mark Carney's Popularity Rises Post-Davos, While Trump Slips

Following a heated back-and-forth between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, support for the Canadian leader has swelled, while Trump’s already-underwater approval has further declined. Without explicitly naming Trump, Carney denounced “American hegemony” and declared a “rupture” in the old world order during a headline-grabbing speech at the World Economic Forum …

David Kusnet: Mark Carney's improbable, history-making speech in Davos

The communications gurus of the "algorithm age" tell us that attention spans are limited, complex argumentation is antiquated and formal speeches are anachronistic, best written by artificial intelligence, reduced to memes or replaced by rants.

Carney's headline-making Davos speech boosts personal brand, but Liberals and Conservatives evenly matched; polling

Canada’s Prime Minister has reached his highest approval rating since becoming leader of the Liberal Party.

Mark Carney’s Speech at Davos

Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, gave a speech at Davos that was widely hailed as a realistic response to the disintegration of the old world order. Carney’s speech received a standing ovation from the audience of global leaders, diplomats, and corporate executives. This is a rare occurrence at Davos, where most speeches are received with polite applause. Richard Haas, former chief executive at the Council on Foreign Relations, said this a…