..."We were hoping for Bono," says Nkende Masvingo, referring to the rock singer who has made sub-Saharan poverty his personal crusade, "but they sent us Gary Becker because U2 was on tour."The headline I was reaching for is from the Independent, Jan. 23:
Becker, the winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economics, will lead a "dream team" including Steven Levitt, co-author of the best-selling pop economics book "Freakonomics", that will set up camp in this city, the nation's capital. "First, we need to understand the situation," said Becker...MORE
Davos 2019: Bono tells protesters ‘capitalism is not immoral – it’s amoral’
U2 frontman Bono has said that capitalism is “not immoral” while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying it’s “taken more people out of poverty” than any other system....MORESee also:
Bono's Elevation Partners Runs $90 Mil to $1.5 Bil in Facebook, Making Him the World's Most Insufferable Musician (FB)
and:
Climateer Line of the Day: Bono's Guy Talks Regulating Facebook and Google
The writer, Roger McNamee, is Managing Director at Elevation Partners and an early stage investor in Google and Facebook....
The WEF crew are thankful the U2 leader decided to show up this year. In 2017 our story was:
How Davos Lost Its Mojo
I'll tell you what the problem is, the problem is Bono didn't show up this year, that's the problem.
Note: This photo was lifted from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 6, 2005.
