- Davos Man Thrives While Rest of Us Pay for His Excesses: Western capitalism, & arguably, global capitalism, has arrived at apparent dead end. Profits as share of GDP in almost all western countries at record highs, along w/ executive pay. Meanwhile, real wages for majority stagnating, if not falling http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/20/davos-world-economic-forum-bad-capitalism?intcmp=srch 5 comments worldnews