neil ferguson, kishor and wada. also, how in the world did one of the world s greatest sellers in the global bazaar lose its mojo? i ll explain. first, here s my take. president obama spoke forcefully in his state of the union about the importance of reviving manufacturing in america. if you talk with economists, they ll tell you it s a very complex problem involving tacks, trade, regulatory policy, exchange rates, educational skills. it is all those things, but when you move from high level policy to specific cases, you will often find within element that is rarely talked about. a government s role in boosting its domestic manufacturers. in a front page story last week, the new york times detailed how apple s iphone ended up being made outside america. the times wrote about the apple executives who visited a factory in china to see if it could cut the glass precisely for the phone s touchdown screen. when the apple team got there, the factory owners were already construc
exclusive interview. then we ll go on a tour around the world with a global panel. neil ferguson, mubani and khanfar. also, how in the world did one of the world s greatest sellers in the global bazaar lose its mojo? i ll explain. but first, here s my take. president obama spoke forcefully in his state of the union about the importance of reviving manufacturing in america. if you talk with economists, they ll tell you it s a very complex problem. involving taxes, trade, regulatory policy, exchange rates, educational skills. it is all of those things. but when you move from high-level policy to specific cases, you ll often find one element that is rarely talked about, a government s role in boosting its domestic manufactur manufacturers. in a front-page story last week, the new york times detailed how apple s iphone ended up being made outside america. the times wrote about the apple executives who visited a factory in china to see if it could cut the glass precisely f
primary. i m fredricka whitfield. fareed zakaria gps starts right now. this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. first up, private equity. the words are on everyone s lips thanks to mitt romney. we ll sit down with one of the inventors private equity, the co-pounder of the legendary carlyle group, david rubenstein. then i have a lot to talk about with an all-star panel. ariana huffington, steve rattner, david frum and mort zuckerman. next up, what do the shipyard in tahrir square have in common? a lot. first, here s my take. i spent the last few weeks working on an essay for time magazine on barack obama s foreign policy. and in association with that piece, i interviewed the president last wednesday in the oval office. let me give you a few of my thoughts and impressions. obama seemed relaxed, calm, confident. i asked him about mitt romney s attacks on him as indecisive, timid and nuance
carlyle group, david rubenstein. then i have a lot to talk about with an all-star panel. arianna huffington, mort zuckerman on the gop race, the economy, the euro, iran, all kinds of things. next up, what do the shipyard in tahrir square have in common? a lot. i ll explain. first, here s my take. i spent the last few weeks working on an essay for time magazine on barack obama s foreign policy, and in association with that piece, i interviewed the president last wednesday in the oval office. let me give you a few of my thoughts and impressions. obama seemed relaxed, calm, confident. i asked him about mitt romney s attacks on him as indecisive, timid, and nuanced. i don t quite know why being nuanced is a bad thing, but that is what romney said. obama responded that romney and the rest of the republican field are going to be playing to their base until the primary season is over. after that, he said, he looked forward to having a foreign policy debate. overall, i think it s g
rogoff with differing perspectives will tell us what they think will happen in america, europe, the emerging markets in the year ahead. after that, why in the world is the price of oil so high when the global economy is so troubled? we ll explain. next up, iraq. the nation is on the brink of disaster according to its former prime minister, allawi. i will talk to him about iraq s trouble. and then we ll ask two participatants whether the iraq war was worth it. an important debate. first here s my take. finally it looks like former massachusetts governor mitt romney will win his party s nomination, so republicans are following a familiar pattern. they are nominating the mainstream candidate who s waited his turn, the guy who ran once before. this is the party, after all, that had a bush or a dole on its ticket for about 20 years. it s also a party that nominated richard nixon on its presidential ticket five times. republicans don t like surprises. but there is something