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The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
Harry Browne
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Description for The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
Paperback. Scathing and hilarious takedown of a frontman for the rich and powerful Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVH; JKSN1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
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; ... Read more
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; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books London
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781680827
SKU
V9781781680827
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Ref
99-1
About Harry Browne
Harry Browne is a Dublin-based activist and journalist who has written for the Irish Times, Sunday Times, Irish Daily Mail, Evening Herald and Sunday Tribune. He is the author of Hammered by the Irish: How the Pitstop Ploughshares Disabled a US War Plane - With Ireland's Blessing.
Reviews for The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
I genuinely see myself as a traveling salesman. I think that's what I do. I sell songs door-to-door on tour. I sell ideas like debt relief, and like all salesmen, I'm a bit of an opportunist and I see Africa as great opportunity.
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