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Tony Blair has been raking in the dough since leaving 10 Downing Street, earning an estimated $19 million, The Times of London reports. Since embarking on the speaking circuit a year ago, the former prime minister “tours the world speaking to audiences including investment banks, private equity firms and chambers of commerce, is now said to be the highest-paid speaker in the world.” He’s even outperformed Bill Clinton’s first year out of office—no mean feat. But would Blair trade it all for taking Gordon Brown’s mantle as the brain behind the bailouts?