"Within my first meeting when I proposed to introduce the flat tax in Estonia they looked on me as I am a little bit crazy. And asked “do you know something on the economy?” and I answer “economically, no not so much.” But I think this is a great idea because it looks to work. And I didn’t know then that I would be the first one to see this, but I introduced it. I was 32, I was young and crazy, so I didn’t know what is possible and what's not, so I did impossible things."
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Mart Laar
Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian statesman, historian and economist. He was the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. A staunch follower of the economic policies of Milton Friedman, Laar is credited with having brought about Estonia’s rapid economic development and recovery in the 1990s.
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