Eradicating extreme poverty doesn't have to be a dream: Bono at TED2013

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In 2005, the TED Prize was given to Bono. Eight years later, Chris Anderson asks, has there been any progress? The U2 frontman is here to tell us. But first, some good-natured Anglo-Irish joshing. "Chris Anderson asked me if I could put the last 25 years of of anti-poverty campaigning into 10 minutes. That's an Englishman asking an Irishman to be succinct?" Bono is incredulous; the audience seems happy to laugh at both nations.

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