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By Miles Copeland•

There is something I don't understand Mr President. On one hand you say we were doing so well economically - best in history etc yet on the other you say all our international deals are terrible and everyone is ripping us off. How can both be true?

There is something I don't understand Mr President. On one hand you say we were doing so well economically - best in history etc yet on the other you say all our international deals are terrible and everyone is ripping us off. How can both be true?

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Miles Copeland

Miles Copeland is a music and entertainment executive, manager, label founder, producer, promoter, publisher, and lifelong dealmaker. He managed The Police and Sting, founded I.R.S. Records, and helped build audiences for artists including R.E.M., the Go-Go’s, the Bangles, the Cramps, and many others.

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