Bono mentioned in the Economist
In this week’s Economist newspaper (sold worldwide, as far as I know) Bono is mentioned very briefly in an article reviewing the latest book to be released by the singer’s long-time friend and guru, economist Jeffrey Sachs. The piece, which is titled ‘Sachs appeal,’ remarks that an indication of Sachs’ status as a modern intellectual is the fact that “when Time magazine featured him in its global list of people who influence the world, his profile was written by Bono – a rock singer” (the Economist does have a slight tendency for stating the obvious, admittedly).
Anyone know which issue of Time that was?
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After reading “The Shock Doctrine” by Naomi Klein (brilliant, important book), the Sachs-Bono connection can become a little unnerving. It’s a book about the devastating effects of the free-market, but Sachs is a major supporting character in the book, and Bono comes up a couple times as well. I’ve always had complete blind faith in Bono, and as such I assumed Sachs to be the saint Bono makes him out to be…but after reading this book, there’s a lot to be wary of. It’s a hard book to read, not because of how it’s written, but because it will challenge all the rosy impressions most of us have about recent history, economics, and some of our political “heroes”. I would suggest that everyone read it, especially Bono himself.
The time article was from a few weeks ago…
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1720049_1720050_1722057,00.html
The Economist is a weekly magazine,, by the way.