‘Only One Man Can Save Venice: Mickey Mouse’

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 10.01.08 | 5:23 PM ET

John Kay proposed turning Venice, Italy into a Disney theme park. The idea didn’t fly, but the British economist did win 5,000 euros from the Istituto Veneto and praise for a “thought-provoking critique.” Kay wrote: “The city is already a theme park and should be handed over to Disney—they would do a better job of running it.”