{"id":27883,"date":"2016-12-22T14:07:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T06:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=27883"},"modified":"2016-12-22T16:51:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T08:51:26","slug":"dr-mahathir-mohamad-interview-with-imoney-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/dr-mahathir-mohamad-interview-with-imoney-part-2","title":{"rendered":"Dr Mahathir Mohamad: Reforming Spending From The Top Down (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad led Malaysia for 22 years, becoming the country\u2019s longest serving prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>During his leadership, he implemented economy policies that put Malaysia on the map but he was also criticised for his industrial drive and handling of political dissenters.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy interview with iMoney, he weighed in on the various problems currently faced by the country and his desire for economic reform, even at 91 years old.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/dr-mahathir-mohamad-interview-with-imoney\">Part 1<\/a>, he discussed his spending habits and the state of the ringgit while giving advice on entrepreneurship and investment, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here, in the second and final part of this exclusive interview, Dr Mahathir speaks to iMoney\u2019s writer, Emmanuel Surendra, on the current state of the country\u2019s education, the economic crisis, and his political future.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More from Malaysia&#8217;s longest-serving prime minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":27891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[271,258,280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-fame-fortune","category-interview"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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