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Having slain the dotcom dragon and conquered New York, MIKE DAISEY is back in the doghouse with his humanistic attack on globalisation. Words: Maureen Ellis
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l)ai,xe_\. The} ’re dexigned to ha\e all As l'oui'th xolo production to date. F"""5“ f,1m the rightx ot‘ liumanx. hut ha\ e no T w .\'e\eithclexx. it ix 2/ Dug Marx and hix Book Fest/a indnidual \\ ho can he pointed at and \\ i'extling match \\ ith corporate -‘ axked: "You're the had perxon. \Vh} did , .-\nicrica that hax ignited puhlic interext. ' . . ng'fiy " you xend thingx to India?" lnxtcad it'x \Vhile conglomeratex continue their {\ V” thix amorphoux niaxx; it'x .-\ma/on.‘ inhumane tacticx and :\lli;t/t)li remainx l'm confounded h_\ the pai'ado\: in the red. there \\lll :il\\;i}x he a place as". N; Sages. l)aixe} wrote an acclaimed hook haxed on the xlto\\. l‘oi' .\likc Dane). 'lt'x nice to merhear people talking grasp/e \xhich Ania/on xc‘llx on itx uehxite. lxn‘t that huch} ahout the xhon.‘ he xa_\x. ‘l’eople honextl) axk rugggzflg ofpawjggvvng Tm ironic'.’ ‘Sometimex it‘x not ironic at all.' he xa} x. themxeh ex: "\Vh} do u e put up \\llll that?" I don't ha\e 3’3 L yawn-3991‘ wane ’, ‘Becaiixe il‘ you think ahout it. it‘x a corporation. It the anxu er. and ma_xhe l‘d he a hetter perxon it] did. hut an", seed/m ;‘ §(;‘.c;“arlmrj~ doexn't ha\e a pei'xonalit}. lt exixtx to make mone_\. It the quextion itxell‘ ix important. .-\nd il‘ _\ou raixe it. it were a”; (rose more a would ha\'e heen notahle ii. the} ‘d taken a xtand and not reall} doex a lot for people.‘ siege: ‘2' ‘am a”; "em/fliers .ond the hook.’ But ixn't .-\ma/on making mone} a «e Aer Rec: “42 through _\'oii'.’ "I‘liat dependx on him you look at it. Assembly Rooms, 226 2428, 1-25 Aug (not 10, I Twas f’om 52-4 5050-
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