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Schwab Accused of Manipulating Brexit Data Amid Outcry

7/24/2025

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Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, is under fire for allegedly skewing data to undermine Brexit in the 2017 Global Competitiveness Report. An internal probe found he instructed staff to conceal the UK's improved ranking. Critics like Nigel Farage decry this as a troubling sign of elite meddling in democracy, while Schwab staunchly denies any misconduct.

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Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, is under fire for allegedly skewing data to undermine Brexit in the 2017 Global Competitiveness Report. An internal probe found he instructed staff to conceal the UK's improved ranking. Critics like Nigel Farage decry this as a troubling sign of elite meddling in democracy, while Schwab staunchly denies any misconduct.