An economist joke:
Bono and Jeff Sachs are meeting in Harvard to talk about world poverty. After a while, they decide to head out to a Harvard Square eaterie for some lunch.
They are rapidly mobbed by hysterical fans, demanding autographs, photos and so on.
Jeff Sachs says to Bono: “You’re probably not used to this sort of thing.”
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