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How can we unlock new sources of growth?

Decade Déjà Vu: Are the 2020s the New 1920s?

January 21, 2026
08:30–09:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Technological revolutions, a reset in supply chains and soaring stock markets, these are not just characteristics of today's economy. In the 1920s, electrification, the automobile and assembly lines changed the economic landscape.   What parallels exist between this decade and the 1920s and what could we learn from them for the future of the global economy? This session was developed in...
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Speakers

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Laurence D. Fink
Chair and CEO, BlackRock; Co-Chair, World Economic Forum
BlackRock
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Ken Griffin
Founder and CEO
Citadel
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Christine Lagarde
President
European Central Bank
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Andrew R. Sorkin
Editor-at-Large; Columnist
New York Times
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Adam Tooze
Director, European Institute
Columbia University

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