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Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.
Fareed Zakaria
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Fareed Zakaria
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 20
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Bombay
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria
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