{"id":227775,"date":"2023-01-23T12:02:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T12:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=227775"},"modified":"2023-01-21T03:19:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T03:19:31","slug":"conjoining-the-incommensurables-at-the-wef-davos-forum-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/01\/conjoining-the-incommensurables-at-the-wef-davos-forum-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Conjoining the Incommensurables at the WEF Davos Forum of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Freudian Economics Underlying Stakeholder Capitalism<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The World Economic Forum is renowned for its promotion of &#8220;stakeholder capitalism&#8221;, as articulated by its founder <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klaus_Schwab\" >Klaus Schwab<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=Y-x4zQEACAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" ><em>Stakeholder Capitalism: a global economy that works for progress, people and planet<\/em><\/a>, 2021; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2021\/01\/klaus-schwab-on-what-is-stakeholder-capitalism-history-relevance\/\" ><em>What is stakeholder capitalism?<\/em><\/a> <em>World Economic Forum<\/em>, 22 January 2021). The irony of any potential Freudian connotations is ignored.<\/p>\n<p>As previously, the role of prostitutes at the Davos Forum is variously noted by the media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laetusinpraesens.org\/musings\/itutes-gather-in-davos-for-annual-meeting-of-global-elite\/video\/83fae1174f3656714f14caabaadbdc41\" >Prostitutes gather in Davos for annual meeting of global elite<\/a><\/em> (<em>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>, 19 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/explainers\/sex-and-the-summit-how-prostitution-blooms-during-world-economic-forum-in-davos-12005682.html\" >Sex and the Summit: how prostitution blooms during World Economic Forum in Davos<\/a><\/em> (<em>Firstpost<\/em>, 18 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gulf-insider.com\/dark-side-of-davos-revealed-as-global-elite-bookings-for-sex-workers-soar\/\" >\u2018Dark side of Davos\u2019 revealed as global elite bookings for sex workers soar<\/a><\/em> (<em>GulfInsider<\/em>, 18 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/trends\/how-sex-workers-find-lucrative-opportunities-at-the-world-economic-forum-in-davos-9887111.html\" ><em>How sex workers find lucrative opportunities at the World Economic Forum in Davos<\/em><\/a> (<em>MoneyControl<\/em>, 18 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2023\/01\/17\/demand-for-prostitutes-soars-in-davos-as-wef-kicks-off-reports-claim\/\" >Demand for Prostitutes Spikes in Davos as World Economic Forum Begins: Reports<\/a><\/em> (<em>Breitbart<\/em>, 17 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/18\/prostitutes-charge-davos-attendees-2500-a-night\/\" ><em>Prostitutes charge Davos attendees $2,500 a night as sex work demand booms<\/em><\/a> (<em>New York Post<\/em>, 18 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tfiglobalnews.com\/2023\/01\/18\/sex-sleaze-and-drugs-is-what-wef-is-all-about\/\" >&#8220;Sex, sleaze, and drugs&#8221; is what WEF is all about<\/a><\/em> (<em>TFI Global<\/em>, 18 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11643585\/Prostitutes-gather-Davos-annual-meeting-global-elite-demand-skyrockets.html\" >Prostitutes gather in Davos for annual meeting of global elite &#8211; where demand for sexual services rockets during economic summit<\/a><\/em> (<em>Daily Mail<\/em>, 17 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/dark-side-of-davos-den-of-prostitution-and-predators-c77qwzd0j\" >The dark side of Davos: a den of prostitution and predators<\/a><\/em> (<em>The Times<\/em>, January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/lincolnbrown\/2023\/01\/17\/prostitutes-join-the-world-elites-at-davos-n1662476\" ><em>Prostitutes Join the World Elites at Davos<\/em><\/a> (<em>PJ Media<\/em>, 17 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysquib.co.uk\/world\/49085-davos-latest-prostitutes-working-overtime.html\" >Davos Latest: Prostitutes Working Overtime<\/a><\/em> (<em>The Daily Squib<\/em>, 17 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/lifestyle\/davos-world-economic-forum\" >Davos sex workers say business is booming<\/a><\/em> (<em>Indy100<\/em>, 17 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cf.org\/news\/high-class-prostitute-reveals-how-business-rockets-at-davos-summit\/\" >High Class Prostitute Reveals How Business Rockets at Davos Summit<\/a><\/em> (<em>CF<\/em>, 17 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/survivalmagazine.org\/news\/report-high-priced-prostitutes-descend-on-davos-for-high-powered-leaders-at-world-economic-forum\/\" ><em>High-Priced Prostitutes Descend on Davos for &#8220;High-Powered&#8221; Leaders at World Economic Forum<\/em><\/a> (<em>Survival<\/em>, 17 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freepressjournal.in\/world\/business-booming-for-sex-workers-in-davos-as-prostitution-rises-during-world-economic-forum\" >Business booming for sex workers in Davos as prostitution rises during World Economic Forum<\/a><\/em> (<em>Free Press Journal<\/em>, 17 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/exxpress.at\/world-economic-forum-davos-escort-agenturen-bereits-ausgebucht\/\" >World Economic Forum Davos: Escort-Agenturen bereits ausgebucht<\/a><\/em> (<em>Exxpress<\/em>, 5 January 2023)<\/li>\n<li><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/569971-escort-services-booked-wef-davos\/\" >Escort agencies are booked solid for Davos forum<\/a><\/em> (<em>RT News<\/em>, 16 January 2023; <em>Health Impact News<\/em>, 16 January 2023; <em>The Wentworth Report<\/em>, 17 January 2023).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sexual harassment by wealthy men at WEF is allegedly so common that women are advised not to go out alone (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/davos-2020-world-economic-forum-sexual-harassment-claims-sex-workers-411211\" ><em>Davos 2020: Claims of sexual harassment and use of sex workers during gathering<\/em><\/a>, <em>I News<\/em>, 23 March 2020).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>From Freudian Economics to Planetary Impalement?<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Akhilesh Ganti: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/f\/freudian-motivation-theory.asp\" ><em>Freudian Motivation Theory: how it shapes investor behavior<\/em><\/a> (<em>Investopedia<\/em>, 30 December 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Briana S. Last: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/psyche.co\/ideas\/the-id-and-the-nudge-where-freud-meets-behavioural-economics\" >The Id and the Nudge: where Freud meets behavioural economics<\/a><\/em> (<em>Psyche<\/em>, 20 September 2021)<\/li>\n<li>Lawrence Birken: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/110\/summary\" ><em>Freud&#8217;s &#8220;Economic Hypothesis&#8221;: from Homo Oeconomicus to Homo Sexualis<\/em><\/a> (<em>American Imago<\/em>, 56, 1999, 4)<\/li>\n<li>Olivia Goldhill: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/976472\/politicians-used-freudian-ideas-to-first-convince-americans-they-needed-capitalism\" >Politicians used Freudian ideas to first convince Americans they needed capitalism<\/a><\/em> (<em>Quartz<\/em>, 7 May 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Timothy Garton Ash: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2016\/feb\/05\/economics-global-crash-human-behaviour\" >When economists ignore the human factor, we all pay the price<\/a><\/em> (<em>The Guardian<\/em>, 5 February 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Julien-Fran\u00e7ois Gerber: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pure.eur.nl\/ws\/portalfiles\/portal\/55297359\/Gerber_22_psychoanalytic_critique_of_capitalism.pdf\" ><em>The Psychoanalytic Critique of Capitalism: elements for an overview<\/em><\/a> (<em>Psychotherapy and Politics International<\/em>, 20, 2022, 1-2)<\/li>\n<li>Muel Kaptein: <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10551-021-04897-y\" >The Moral Duty to Love One\u2019s Stakeholders<\/a><\/em> (<em>Journal of Business Ethics<\/em>, 180, 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Stephen A. Linstead and Garance Mar\u00e9chal: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-to-overcome-phallus-obsessed-toxic-masculinity-84388\" ><em>How to overcome phallus-obsessed, toxic masculinity<\/em><\/a> (<em>The Conversation<\/em>, 4 November 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>_________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Anthony_Judge-e1557585410986.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-132665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Anthony_Judge-e1557585410986.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> Anthony Judge is a member of the<\/em> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" >TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a> and mainly known for his career at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_of_International_Associations\" >Union of International Associations<\/a> (UIA), where he has been Director of Communications and Research, as well as Assistant Secretary-General. He was responsible at the UIA for the development of interlinked databases and for publications based on those databases, mainly the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encyclopedia_of_World_Problems_and_Human_Potential\" >Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yearbook_of_International_Organizations\" >Yearbook of International Organizations<\/a>, and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Congress_Calendar\" >International Congress Calendar<\/a>. Judge has also personally authored a collection of over 1,600 documents of relevance to governance and strategy-making. All these papers are freely available on his personal website <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laetusinpraesens.org\/\" >Laetus in Praesens<\/a>. Now retired from the UIA, he is continuing his research within the context of an initiative called Union of Imaginable Associations. Judge is an Australian born in Egypt, a thinker, an author, and lives in Brussels. His <\/em>TMS <em>articles may be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/author\/?a=Anthony%20Judge\" >HERE<\/a><\/em>. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthony_Judge\" >Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>This work is licensed under a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\" >Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laetusinpraesens.org\/musings\/capital.php#davo\" >Go to Original \u2013 laetusinpraesens.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freudian Economics Underlying Stakeholder Capitalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":86886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1802],"class_list":["post-227775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transcend-members","tag-world-economic-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}