‘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.”
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Jack from eyeflare travel tips 10.06.08 | 3:53 AM ET
The man is joking, right? Can you imagine the damage a corporation could do to a place like Venice?