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Frontman

Bono (In the Name of Power)

Language EnglishEnglish
E-book Adobe ePub DRM
E-book Frontman Harry Browne
Libristo code: 40794284
Publishers Verso, June 2013
Scathing and hilarious takedown of a frontman for the rich and powerful.Celebrity philanthropy comes... Full description
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Scathing and hilarious takedown of a frontman for the rich and powerful.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 avoid 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.

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Full name Frontman
Author Harry Browne
Language English
Binding E-book - Adobe ePub DRM
Date of issue 2013
Number of pages 192
EAN 9781781684825
Libristo code 40794284
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