Abstract
NOREENA HERTZ is a British economist who teaches political economy at the University Of Utrecht, Netherlands. Her last book is I.O.U. The debt threat. In this book, she talks about Bono, the lead singer of U2 (real name Paul Hewson), who will challenge the rich world to help eradicate Third World debt. She explains the various ways to follow to understand the reasons of this debt and the manner to cancel it. Bono will argue that the technology and financial resources now exist, for the first time in human history, to wipe out global poverty, and that the only thing lacking is the political will. Mrs Hertz can describe him as someone who has tenacity. He's prepared to pound up and down the corridors of power, attend meetings and do what has to be done to move these ideas forward. He's not into playing politics to sell records.
