Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Rafiq Zakariais an Indian American journalist and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly column for The Washington Post. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor-at-large of Time. He is the author of five books, three of them international bestsellers, and the co-editor of one...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 January 1964
CityMumbai, India
CountryUnited States of America
My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.
My friends all say I’m going to be Secretary of State, [but] I don’t see how that would be much different from the job I have now
There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground.
The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.
When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.
The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
The Chinese economy's still not that much of a consumer economy.
What happens in the media is the cult of personality. The brands who have been forced to cut their staff have been forced to take on the brands of journalists.
If you go to India the roads are being built almost entirely with private sector money and by the private sector. If you look at many, many countries in Europe that's how they're doing it.
The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time - but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.
The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.
One of the great dilemmas for America will be that American companies will do very well while American workers might not.
The one show that I will continue to be a guest on is 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, if he'll have me. It's not competitive with CNN and it's too much fun.