Klaus Schwab on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Globalization, and Equality

What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a combination of technological breakthroughs which will completely change business models, society, economies. [The] Fourth Industrial Revolution is coming with enormous speed, and will change not only what we are doing but who we are.

Will globalization rise or recede going forward?

The world will grow more together in the digital age. We are becoming more interdependent. We will have, not less, we will have more globalization, but the question is: How do we master, and how do we construct, this new type of globalization? I call it, "Globalization 4.0."

What concerns you about economic equality?

It's a poison for society. We cannot leave people behind. We have to make everything to ensure social cohesion of a society, because social cohesion is a prerequisite for a democratically functioning country.