Turkish primeminister Tayyip Erdogan was the man of the forum, or the "rock star" you might say.

The world is in real crisis requiring implementation of real hard solutions so don't expect anything from hollywood stars except their absence.

the problem is that all decisions are based on political considerations and party politics. when will our lawmakers and government bigwigs ever think of THE PEOPLE? when will our leaders think, act and talk like real leaders? when will businessmen consider benefits for customers? when will people reject materialism for higher values and real happiness?

It is deeply saddening that Richard Quest (and, to be fair, most of the mainstream media) still puts business leaders on such a pedestal. The media continue to brown-nose these "rock stars" whose incompetence got hardworking people into this mes. They are still in control. The media never questions why.

hey am i mad as heck.the people that dumped us all in this mess are celebrating their avarice and greed in a style none of us will ever experience.we are all right jack,sod the proleteriat.time to cancel davos and get back to helping people,not helping themselves

Yup I second that. Mr Erdogan most certainly rocked.

I agree with one of the commenters on the irony of davos. The world economy is in shambles they say but these our leaders can take a few days off their elected or appointed positions of responsibility and accountability toward the people who they represent and really need assistance in some cases urgently and engage in a talk-shop that we have seen one time too many. If we have our own rock stars in our number-filled world of business and economics then they should be seen shining in that capacity by engaging them on some practical immediate short to medium term solution-oriented deliberations with the right people in authority whether it be the World Bank or the IMF than engage people more skilled in the art of speech and vote-amassing.