Klaus Schwab, the Aspen Institute and others flip the meaning of a word that once meant the empowerment of populations against political elites

MATT TAIBBI AUG 21, 2023 READ

“Transparency” was one of America’s great postwar reforms. In 1955, a Democratic congressman named John Moss from California — who served in the Navy in World War II, was nominated for office by both Democrats and Republicans, and was never defeated in any election for public office — introduced legislation that would become one of the great triumphs of late-stage American democracy.