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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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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 UK
Release dateJun 4, 2013
ISBN9781781684825
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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