The NYT and Davos: Why Would We Look for Policy Guidance from the Super Rich?

The NYT had a strange editorial this morning on the World Economic Forum in Davos in which it posed the question:

"The question now is whether these gilded champions of globalization will choose to address inequality or proceed with the business of wining and dining as usual."

It is difficult to understand why anyone would expect this group of people, who are there primarily because they are super rich, to be leaders in the fight against inequality. This is especially bizarre when we rememb...