When two worlds collide

Headline: When two worlds collideSource: EuromoneyDate: October 2000Author: Peter Lee On the evening before violent protesters disrupted this year’s IMF/World Bank meeting in Prague, Jim Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank joined a panel discussing globalization with some untypical guests: Hong Kong trade union leader Elizabeth Tang and Paul Hewson, better known as Bono, lead […]

Headline: When two worlds collide
Source: Euromoney
Date: October 2000
Author: Peter Lee

On the evening before violent protesters disrupted this year’s IMF/World Bank meeting in Prague, Jim Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank joined a panel discussing globalization with some untypical guests: Hong Kong trade union leader Elizabeth Tang and Paul Hewson, better known as Bono, lead singer of the Irish rock group U2.

The meeting was polite, if strains were evident. “I have never listened to so many financial people talk and in two days, I’ve learned a lot,” said Tang.






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