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Robert Shiller: Address Income Gap, Tie It To Tax Rate (Video)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Income Gap, Recovery, CEO Pay, Executive Pay, Shiller, Housing, Economy, Martin Wolf, Fareed Zakaria, Housing Crisis, Recession, Consumer Confidence, Mortgage, Zakaria, Bailout, Finance, Bernanke, Banks, Bubble, Robert Shiller, Housing Bubble, Business News

The US might be in the midst of a second housing and financial bubble, according to economist and Yale Professor Robert Shiller. Shiller and Financial...

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Matthew Hoh Interviewed By Zakaria: 60,000 Troops In Afghanistan Won't Defeat Al Qaida (VIDEO)

Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Matthew Hoh Video, Matthew Hoh, Matthew Hoh Fareez Zakaria, Fareed Zakaria, Politics News

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine who served in Iraq, joined Fareed Zakaria on his CNN show today to discuss why he felt compelled to resign his diplomatic...

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Fareed Zakaria: China Is The Recession's "Winner"

newsweek.com | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Recession, Emerging Economies, Infrastructure Investment, Bailout, Fareed Zakaria, Recession, China, Emerging Markets, Business News

The great surprise of 2009 has been the resilience of the big emerging markets -- India, China, Indonesia -- whose economies have stayed vibrant. But ...

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Taliban YouTube Channel: Group Creates YouTube Channel To Spread Propaganda (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Istqlal, Afghanistan, Channel, Terrorism, Pakistan, Taliban, Fareed Zakaria, YouTube Channel, Pashtun, Portlant, Istqlalmedia, Youtube Videos, Youtube, New Media, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Taleban, Sharia, World News

The enemy in Afghanistan has discovered YouTube. CNN's Fareed Zakaria briefly reported on the Taliban's foray into new media during his show on Su...

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Fareed Zakaria: 'We Must Stop Exaggerating The Iranian Threat'

Newsweek | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Iran Negotiations, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Nuclear Program, Fareed Zakaria, Politics News

It is time to clarify the debate over Iran and its nuclear program. It's easy to criticize the current course adopted by the United States and its all...

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Fareed Zakaria: Focus In Afghanistan Must Shift From Nation Building To Dealmaking

washingtonpost.com | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: War Wire, Negotating With the Taliban, Taliban, Fareed Zakaria, Afghanistan, Fareed Zakaria Afghanistan, World News

It is time to get real about Afghanistan. Withdrawal is not a serious option. The United States, NATO, the European Union and others have invested mas...

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Obama's Beach Books -- and Yours

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: George Pelecanos, Outer Banks, Thomas Friedman, Obama Martha's Vineyard, The Way Home, Kent Haruf, Beach Books, Fareed Zakaria, Lush Life, Vacation Reading, Hot Flat and Crowded, Barack Obama, Tom Friedman, Elmore Leonard, David McCullough, Beach Reading, John Adams, Proust, North Carolina, Martha's Vineyard, Richard Price, Plainsong, Living News
Rick Horowitz

The thing about beach books -- or even "beach books" -- isn't the total tonnage of the entire pile. It's the glow of the glorious possibilities.

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Economic Reform Only Seems To Come Through Crises: Fareed Zakaria

washingtonpost.com | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Economic Reform, Health Care Reform, Fareed Zakaria, Recession, Business News

We've seen in recent weeks the twin personalities of the U.S. government. One is impressive, the other deeply worrying. First, the good news: We have ...

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Krugman Debates Stimulus, Health Care With Conservative Economist John Taylor (VIDEO)

Posted 07.29.2009 | Business

Read More: John Taylor, Krugman Debates Taylor, Fareed Zakaria, Stimulus, Health Care, Paul Krugman, Business News

Today on CNN's "GPS with Fareed Zakaria," economists Paul Krugman and John B. Taylor debated the origins of the financial crisis and President Obama's...

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Dylan Ratigan? Really MSNBC, Don't We Have Enough Ranters Already?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Ed Schultz, The Meeting With Dylan Ratigan, Rush Limbaugh, Morning Joe, Fox, Dylan Ratigan, Fareed Zakaria, Aggression, Msnbc, Hyperbole, Cnbc, Joe Scarborough, Cnn, Corporate Media, Youtube, Cable News, Ideological Divide, The Ed Show, Ranker, Media News
Linda Milazzo

It seems that all three corporate cable/satellite networks, MSNBC, CNN and Fox, believe Americans are better served through agitation than information.

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Jason Linkins

Fareed Zakaria GPS Redeems CNN's Iran Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Fareed Zakaria GPS, Media Criticism, Iran Elections, Mir Hussein Moussavi, Fareed Zakaria, Cnnfail, Iran Election Riot, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Video, Cnn, Christiane Amanpour, Iran Election 2009, Fareed Zakaria CNN, Media News

A couple of years ago, I was at a party, locked deep in conversation with a former producer at CNN. And I recall that one of the things we had talked...

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Fareed Zakaria: The Capitalist Manifesto

Newsweek | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 07.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Capitalist Manifesto, Economy, Zakaria Capitalist Manifesto, Fareed Zakaria, Capitalism, Business News

A specter is haunting the world--the return of capitalism. Over the past six months, politicians, businessmen and pundits have been convinced that we ...

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Iran Election Could Make History: Zakaria

CNN | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Election, Foreign Affairs, Iran Election 2009, Iran, Fareed Zakaria, Iran Elections, Advocacy, World News

Voters turned out in heavy numbers Friday in Iran's election. Some lined up before polls opened, and others waited more than three hours under the hot...

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Fareed Zakaria: "Everything You Know About Iran Is Wrong"

Newsweek | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 06.23.2009 | World

Read More: Newsweek, Iran, Fareed Zakaria, Fareed Zakaria Iran, World News

verything you know about Iran is wrong, or at least more complicated than you think. Take the bomb. The regime wants to be a nuclear power but could w...

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Jason Linkins

Robert Gates Defends Obama Doctrine: A "Humble America" With A "Big Stick"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Media Criticism, Pakistan, Diplomacy, Fareed Zakaria, Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Barack Obama, Politics News

Defense Secretary Robert Gates appeared on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday, granting host Zakaria an hour long interview that was one of the most deta...

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Niall Ferguson On Fareed Zakaria's Show: Discusses Financial Crisis, Agrees With Paul Krugman (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business

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Eminent British historian Niall Ferguson appeared on Fareed Zakaria's CNN show to discuss the financial crisis and the bank bailouts. Ferguson had to...

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Obama Visit Strengthened Historic Partnership with Canada

Megan Harris | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Prime Minister Harper CNN, Intellectual Property, President Obama, Ottawa, Japanese Economy, Prime Minister Harper, Fareed Zakaria, China Economy, Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Prime Minister Harper Fox, Canada, World News
Megan Harris

During this period of global economic turbulence, it is astute for America to remind its friends how much they are valued and to refer to their shared history. It's a diplomatic retention strategy.

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How To Achieve Energy Independence: Fareed Zakaria

Newsweek | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 05.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Independence, Fareed Zakaria, Green Energy, Green Economy, How to Achieve Energy Independence, Green News

Energy independence sounds like such a great idea. If only we could be free ... of what, exactly? The single biggest energy exporter to the U.S. is Ca...

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Did Eliot Spitzer Have to Go Down?

Judith Ellis | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Aig, Nouriel Roubini, Henry Paulson, Nassim Taleb, Timothy Geithner, Arianna Huffington, Fareed Zakaria, Eliot Spitzer, Politics News
Judith Ellis

I am not a conspiracy theorist, but is it coincidental that the sex scandal with Spitzer came out at such an opportune time?

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Jason Linkins

Eliot Spitzer Tells Fareed Zakaria: AIG Has Bigger Problems (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Aig, Video, Cnn, Fareed Zakaria GPS, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Financial Crisis, Fareed Zakaria, Eliot Spitzer, Bonus Outrage, Politics News

This Sunday, on Fareed Zakaria GPS, Zakaria's guest will be former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. CNN previewed the piece in the Situation Room tod...

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Leave Radical Islam Alone

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Living With Radical Islam, Sean Hannity, Radical Islam, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Fareed Zakaria, Terrorism, Newsweek, World News, Politics News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

A few weeks ago, Fareed Zakaria questioned our mostly military response to radical Islam. Readers, both at the Huffington Post and at Newsweek, posted...

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Paul O'Neill, Fareed Zakaria Interview About Financial Crisis, Bailouts (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 04.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Fareed Zakaria Interviews Paul O'neill, Paul O'Neill, Video, Paul O'neill Video, Gps, Fareed Zakaria, Business News

Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill was a guest on Fareed Zakaria's CNN show, "GPS," to discuss the current financial crisis and the bailouts so fa...

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Newsweek: "Radical Islam Is A Fact Of Life. How To Live With It"

Newsweek | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 03.31.2009 | World

Read More: Living With Radical Islam, Newsweek, Fareed Zakaria, Radical Islam, World News

Pakistan's Swat valley is quiet once again. Often compared to Switzerland for its stunning landscape of mountains and meadows, Swat became a war zone ...

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Don't Let Afghanistan Become Obama's Vietnam

Sahil Kapur | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Iraq War, Karzai Obama, Fareed Zakaria, Afghanistan Surge, Iraq Surge, Barack Obama, US Troops in Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, White House, Russ Feingold, Foreign Affairs, George W. Bush, Economic Crisis, Congress, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, Nato, Stephen Tanner, Richard Holbrooke, United States Foreign Policy, Washington Post, Newsweek, Media Failure, Obama's Vietnam, Obama 17000 Troops Afghanistan, World News
Sahil Kapur

Although the president's goals for the region are commendable, he must carefully examine the larger strategy or Afghanistan might devolve into a hauntingly familiar quagmire.

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Afghan President Tells Fareed Zakaria: Western Press Filled With "Misinformation" About Him

CNN | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Middle East, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, President Barack Obama, Afghan War, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Taliban, Fareed Zakaria, Fareed Zakaria CNN, Karzai Obama, Afghan Taliban, World News

This Sunday, CNN's Fareed Zakaria will interview Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an exclusive and lengthy interview discussing the allegations of cor...

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