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The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
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Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2’s iconic frontman, Bono—a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a mere philanthropist—indeed, he lags behind many of his peers when it comes to parting with his own money—Bono is better described as an advocate, one who has become an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite.

The Frontman reveals how Bono moved his investments to Amsterdam to evade Irish taxes; his paternalistic and often bullying advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinational business interests; and his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz and shock-doctrine economist Jeffrey Sachs. Carefully dissecting the rhetoric and actions of Bono the political operator, The Frontman shows him to be an ambassador for imperial exploitation, a man who has turned his attention to a world of savage injustice, inequality and exploitation—and helped make it worse.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherVerso Books
Release dateJun 4, 2013
ISBN9781781683323
The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
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Harry Browne

Harry Browne (1933-2006) is the author of several financial books as well as the modern classic, How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World. In 1996, he was the Libertarian Party candidate for president of the United States. He lived in Tennessee.

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