The World Economic Forum in Davos is well underway, with much talk of a capitalist crisis and global inequality, calls for immediate action on poverty and for greater donations by the wealthy.

Global leaders are once again meeting this week in Davos, Switzerland to discuss and – one hopes – find solutions to the increasingly volatile economic and political forces shaping our world.

A new CPS paper calls on the UK government to follow the example of Canada – cut harder and faster to ensure economic recovery - the author explores the analysis and recommendations.

While the decline of the West is incontestable, the rise of the BRICS remains contestable argues the author and articulates his case in this article.