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Its a wonder it isnt thicker since the fomcs voluminous verbatim transcripts are obviously its main source of detail about who said what when. Bernanke was appointed chair of the federal reserve. From february 2006 through january 2014, he was chairman of the. New bernanke book defends financial bailouts as courageous. Then he should have been lowering rates much sooner than he did and then he found out he missed the boat and started making emergency. Thats former treasury secretary henry paulson describing how he, timothy geithner, former president of the new york federal reserve and former treasury secretary, and ben bernanke, former federal reserve chair, were insufficiently armed to deal with the 2008 financial crisis. Hardtalk s stephen sackur speaks to ben bernanke who was chairman of the federal reserve, the us central bank, at the time and took decisions then which continue to shape economic policy today. Geithner as president of the federal reserve bank of new york during the bush years and then treasury secretary under president barack obama. Bernanke has 25 books on goodreads with 8701 ratings. Federal reserve board chairman bernankes college lecture. Bernanke an expert on the great depression steve keen. Washington congress is largely responsible for the incomplete recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, ben s. Ben bernanke s swearing in as federal reserve chairman in 2006 marked the end of alan greenspans long, legendary career.
The great depression spawned keynesian economics and the 1970s inflation led to the return of classical economics. Bernanke speaks out in new book advertisement united states. In an interview published in connection with mondays release of his memoirs, former federal reserve chairman ben bernanke casts his voteretrospectively. Ben bernanke talks trumps economic policy cbs this morning. Revelatorythe book sheds light on many of the smaller dramas that hang over this crucial period of world economic history. Get the latest ben bernanke news, articles, videos and photos on the new york post.
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Ben bernanke, hank paulson and tim geithner draw lessons from the crisis. Here, ben bernanke has gathered together his essays on why the great depression was so devastating. Bernanke served as chairman of the federal reserve from 2006 to 2014. What wont be included in bernankes new book is more. Ben bernanke, former chairman of the federal reserve, was responsible for setting monetary policy during the worst of the great recession.
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