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High life

Watch out, wolves of Wall Street! It's time Davos had a World Decency Forum

What's a talented director like Martin Scorsese doing glamourising the lifestyle of a crook who stole from the working poor?

1 February 2014

9:00 AM

1 February 2014

9:00 AM

Gstaad

If a catastrophic avalanche were to crush the Davos convention hall, where the fat cats of this world were meeting recently, I’m afraid there would be a lot of discreet raising of glasses by many so-called populists, basically envious haves who have plenty but don’t particularly like people who have more than they do.

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