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A memoir of a crisis and its aftermath it was 2006 when ben bernanke, a renowned american economist, was designated chair of the federal reserve. He was named time magazines person of the year in 2009. The courage to act satisfies that curiosity with an interesting read about bernankes life, largely focused on the 2007 financial crisis and its aftermath. Ben bernanke joins me from the npr bureau in new york city. The bursting of a housing bubble in 2007 exposed the hidden vulnerabilities of the global financial. Bernanke says in his new memoir, the courage to act. Ben bernanke, alan greenspan, and the drama of the central banker. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Nov 08, 2015 former federal reserve chairman ben bernanke discusses the financial crisis in his book, the courage to act. Bernanke offers readers a private account of the negotiations and discussions he and his team carried out in formulating the unconventional monetary policy that would be the backdrop to navigating the us economy through its most trying period since the great depression. Apr 08, 2015 ben bernanke says in a new book that it took moral courage to steer america through the financial crisis. Ben bernanke has a book coming out in october titled the courage to act. Diane rehm he defends the bailouts of bear stearns and insurance giant aig, saying rescuing wall street was the only way to save main street.
Bernanke has published many articles on a wide variety of economic issues, including monetary policy and macroeconomics, and he is the author of several scholarly books and two textbooks. Ben bernanke s inside account of the global financial crisis government staff can learn much from the former us fed chairmans memoir. Ben bernankes the courage to act the new york times. Bernanke book, courage to act, to be released in october. Revelatorythe book sheds light on many of the smaller dramas that hang. He has held a guggenheim fellowship and a sloan fellowship, and he is a fellow of the econometric society and of the american academy of arts and sciences.
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