# Report Possible

1 Stern Stories December 7, 2017 NYU Stern's "In Conversation with Lord Mervyn King" Series welcomed Fareed Zakaria, Host, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, and Columnist, Washington Post, on December 7 >

![Fareed Zakaria Body ](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/FareedZakariaEventBodyImage_0.jpg "Fareed Zakaria")

On December 7, NYU Stern’s “In Conversation with Lord [Mervyn King](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/mervyn-king)" Series welcomed Fareed Zakaria, host, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, and columnist, *Washington Post*.

Lord King and Zakaria discussed a variety of topics, including the current state of the economy, politics, globalization and how to maintain a balanced view both in business and as a citizen.

Watch the full discussion and see a selection of social media posts below:

The video can also be accessed [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5szINrG61KU).
> Lord Mervyn King welcomes [@FareedZakaria](https://twitter.com/FareedZakaria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to [\#NYUStern](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYUStern?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ZakariaAtStern](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZakariaAtStern?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/3L5K3ntChD](https://t.co/3L5K3ntChD)
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> — NYU Stern (@NYUStern) [December 7, 2017](https://twitter.com/NYUStern/status/938909369290326017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> “In Silicon Valley the business model is no longer that you do an IPO, it’s that you sell to 1 of 5 companies. That doesn’t sound like a free market” [@fareedzakaria](https://twitter.com/FareedZakaria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) with Lord Mervyn King at [\#NYUStern](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYUStern?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ZakariaAtStern](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZakariaAtStern?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KerjCUPVqF](https://t.co/KerjCUPVqF)
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> — NYU Stern (@NYUStern) [December 7, 2017](https://twitter.com/NYUStern/status/938913045983752193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> “You are seeing a backlash in the Western world, and you’re seeing it because the Western worker is facing pressures that are unusual” [@FareedZakaria](https://twitter.com/FareedZakaria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) with Lord Mervyn King on [\#globalization](https://twitter.com/hashtag/globalization?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ZakariaAtStern](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZakariaAtStern?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/wiUgSpGue4](https://t.co/wiUgSpGue4)
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> — NYU Stern (@NYUStern) [December 8, 2017](https://twitter.com/NYUStern/status/938924539307839490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## Past Conversations with Lord Mervyn King

- [Janet Yellen](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/nyu-stern-s-conversation-with-mervyn-king-series-presents-janet-yellen)
- [Michael Lewis](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/nyu-stern-s-conversation-with-mervyn-king-series-presents-michael-lewis)
- [Rachel Maddow](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/nyu-stern-s-conversation-with-mervyn-king-series-presents-rachel-maddow)