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The Failure Caucus
9/2/2009 12:00:00 AMMost Americans have a lot riding on the success of the government's efforts to pull the U.S. economy out of its ditch: individual investors, bankers, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Democratic politicians, and taxpayers. A somewhat smaller group has a lot riding on the failure of these efforts. I'm not simply talking about investors who are betting against the markets and who believe the recent stock-market rally is overdone. I'm talking about the Failure Caucus, a group spanning the political spectrum that has invested reputations, egos, and, in some instances, their political futures on the notion that we're in for several more years of economic trauma.
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Lecturing Bernanke
8/28/2009 12:00:00 AMEconomist Stanley Fischer was Ben Bernanke's thesis advisor at MIT; he knew better than most that his former student had the right stuff to avert a depression. Bernanke was an "expert" at injecting liquidity into a sinking economy, Fischer said last year before the markets took their frightening plunge. Fischer had no doubt that Ben would do what it took (Ben did, earning himself a second term as Fed chairman this week). But serious questions remain in the minds of Fischer and other critics whether the most serious problem of the financial crisis—the too-big-to-fail issue—is proving too big for Bernanke and Washington's power elites to handle.
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Why Bernanke’s Power Will Be ‘Curtailed’
8/26/2009 12:00:00 AMIf Ben Bernanke is confirmed for a second term at the Federal Reserve, he'll most likely face a country mired in double-digit unemployment with a deficit that's expected to balloon to $9 trillion. This is not a job everyone would want—overseeing and regulating the nation's banks during the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. But the Great Depression is one of Bernanke's specialities, a topic he tackled as a graduate student at MIT.
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Bernanke Victimized by Identity Fraud Ring
8/25/2009 12:00:00 AMIf ever there were living proof that identity theft can strike the mighty and powerful as well as hapless consumers, look no further than the nation's chief banker: Ben Bernanke. The Federal Reserve Board chairman was one of hundreds of victims of an elaborate identity-fraud ring, headed by a convicted scam artist known as "Big Head," that stole more than $2.1 million from unsuspecting consumers and at least 10 financial institutions around the country, according to recently filed court records reviewed by NEWSWEEK.
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The Man Who Saved the World
8/25/2009 12:00:00 AMIt would have been insane (not to be too subtle) for President Obama not to nominate Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. The economics dictated it, and so did the politics.
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In The Fed We Trust
8/11/2009 12:00:00 AMA podcast of their conversation can be heard here. Listeners can also subscribe to Dan's "Every Day I Read the Book" podcast on iTunes.
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