George Papakonstantinou, Greece’s finance minister, talks about his government’s new plans to go after tax dodgers, trim state spending, and bring the indebted economy back on track.

A changed mood at Davos reflects a will to do things differently from now on, says the head of one of the world’s big four media and advertising companies.

The global financial services industry needs to understand the new political landscape, and make pre-emptive changes accordingly.

Thanks to its position in Asia, South Korea has weathered the global downturn better than most. Now the country could be well placed to accelerate its development.

The airline industry has had a difficult couple of years, from the financial crisis and
H1N1 fears to an Icelandic volcano. But Middle Eastern carriers remain bullish.

Selim el-Zyr, the president and chief executive officer of Rotana Hotels, tells Ehtesham Shahid about the hospitality sector and how it can duck the downturn.

Eric von Hippel, an innovation expert at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, tells Ian Munroe why intellectual property laws are out of sync with the digital age.

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman tells Ian Munroe about the origins of the financial crisis, and how its fallout will change the global economy.

Jacques Chirac, the former president of France, tells Christian Malar
about his experiences dealing with the Middle East, the consequences
of September 11 and his views on the Gulf war.

Josh Lerner, a professor of investment banking at Harvard Business School, spoke to Jonathan Howell-Jones about the region’s economy during his recent visit to the Gulf.