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This mystery man in a Brooklyn bar knows the deal with fancy vodka. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption
People wait in line to buy gasoline at a station in Morelia, Mexico on January 7, 2019. ENRIQUE CASTRO/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India and author of "The Third Pillar: How Markets And The State Leave The Community Behind" Rajanish Kakade/AP hide caption
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