are present here are those that have benefited from this this type of capitalism so although klaus schwab the founder of the world economic forum has said that capitalism in its current form has no place in the world around us these are the corporations and banks that are represented here many of which have benefited from government bailouts in the case of banks from central bank easy money policies in the case case of many banks and corporations so whether or not these are the right people to be having that conversation to be talking about reform i'm not quite sure you also have to remember that while the official genet agenda yes deals with capitalism the unofficial agenda of davos is very much about making corporate deals and that might in fact from the official agenda as you can probably recall some corporations here shell out up to three hundred thousand dollars for a membership to the world economic forum in order to be here they're shelling out that kind of money presumably for more than to talk about capitalism there have been reports in the past every year of the deals that go on

is taking place they're very much highlighting this occupy movement that is swept the globe klaus schwab was asked about that he said it's hard to identify a leader that was his excuse we're not likely to see them here unless of course mr schwab himself goes down to those igloos and maybe recruits a few so that we do hear those voices inside the fore. artie's lauren lyster reporting there from davos russia's president says he's willing to meet with opposition members including representatives of those who protested against what they called the unfair parliamentary vote dmitri medvedev also promised that an exciting political season will follow the upcoming presidential elections are he's now has more on this from central moscow. one of the main points that president medvedev made today was that it's well he really isn't done with politics just yet no of course he will step down in the role of president but he has said he hinted that perhaps he could appear on the ballot paper again going to see me office now. that to me a putin has said should he be elected as president in march his elec

this looks good i'm not saying that maybe klaus schwab isn't very in concerned about inequality or doesn't care about what these protesters say i'm just saying that the world economic forum's agenda and klaus logs agenda is not reflective of what the twenty six hundred participants here in davos at this forum are here to pursue that's you know that's the organization's agenda maybe that it that it's putting on or what they're concerned with but that's not everybody's concern so with the occupy protesters that are here they were invited to this open forum on remodelling capitalism but this is an event that is open to everybody this isn't at the congress center this isn't really just the davos crowd this is anybody from the community can go occupy protesters did go klaus schwab did invite them to discuss their issues to have a meeting and when i talked to the occupy protester they were negotiating how to do that where to do it when did you were looking to do that but as i said you know the clash of is one man he's the organizer he's not reflective of everybody i don't think it will we will l

is taking place they're very much highlighting this occupy movement that is swept the globe klaus schwab was asked about that he said it's hard to identify a leader that was his excuse we're not likely to see them here unless of course mr schwab himself goes down to those igloos and maybe recruits a few so that we do hear those voices inside the fore. artie's lauren lyster reporting there from davos now before we get to dmitri with the business let's get to the world update here in our to some other international headlines in brief first to syria where security forces clashed with opposition groups in the central city of hama after talks mediated by observers to persuade militants to lay down their arms came to a failed conclusion. now gulf nations have pulled their observers from syria even though the mission's been extended for another month it was set up to monitor the regime's compliance with an arab league plan to end the violence i mean while the head of syria's red crescent was shot dead earlier on wednesday u.n. estimates that five thousand have been killed in the past ten months

is taking place they're very much highlighting this occupy movement that is swept the globe klaus schwab was asked about that he said it's hard to identify a leader that was his excuse we're not likely to see them here unless of course mr schwab himself goes down to those igloos and maybe recruits a few so that we do hear those voices inside the fore. he's lorna's to reporter there from davos i want you without saying it's quarter past the hour russia's president said he's willing to meet with opposition members including representatives of those who protested against what they call the unfair parliamentary vote to me treatment here to force our promise that an exciting political season will follow the upcoming presidential elections let's not get more bitter out of our standing by a central moscow theater so it sounds like a pretty open agenda that president here first set out there take us through the highlights of what he had to say. well one of the main points that president medvedev made today was this well he really isn't done with politics just yet now of course he will step down

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the dialogue because although we've seen discussion of occupy and the movements from again klaus schwab who's the founder of the world economic forum i've also heard snickering on the sidelines from businessmen and snickering at the occupy igloos that are here saying oh they really lack the numbers what i will say is if you're going to have a protest igloos are a really good way to go because i think that our key by has been mentioned in a lot more of the news stories that i've seen and then pretty much any of the other occupy protests that i've seen since this movement started in new york in wall street so i think they're getting some bang for their buck with the igloos as far as public awareness not sure if it really matters when it comes to the agenda of what's really going on and being discussed at the world i guess that's more interesting to talk about igloos than ted lauren thanks for keeping us updated that was our t. is lauren lyster host of the capital account. and as the one percent thinks about how to tweak the capitalist system another group wants to radically change it and

we've seen inequality brought out but those are on the first day we've heard comments from klaus schwab is the founder of the world economic forum who made one of his kind of key talking points promoting the form up to it and the forum but that aside i think that other economic issues have really trump that and i also think the discussion of inequality has been really focused on how it could affect the people that are in power with some of the changes we've seen in countries where we've seen arab spring uprisings and changes in the leadership there and with those protests spreading in the west and western countries i think that's on people's minds in a topic and so far as it could affect the political elite but i should mention the occupy wall street in this case that the occupy davos is here they've been here all week they're continuing to plan actions and expecting higher numbers this weekend from the gentleman i spoke to earlier this week and they're shut out although occupy has been mentioned on the agenda been mentioned by klaus schwab you don't see an invite for those occupy prote

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