PERSON: Ida Auken

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Ida Margrete Meier Auken (born 22 April 1978) is a Danish politician and member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. She has been a member of parliament since 2007. She was Minister for the Environment of Denmark from 2011 to 2014. Until 2014 she was a member of the Socialist People’s Party, after which she moved to the Danish Social Liberal Party. In 2021, she switched to the Social Democrats.

Internationally, Auken is most well-known for her 2016 article on the World Economic Forum (WEF), originally titled “Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better,” summarized as “You’ll own nothing and be happy,” a phrase that has been used by critics who accuse the WEF of desiring restrictions on ownership of private property.

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