Topic: Ben Bernanke (page 2)

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Bernanke bails out Europe

Steve Weissman
Mitt Romney (AP)

Romney learns to love the Fed

Andrew Leonard
Ben Bernanke (Reuters/Jason Reed)

How Wall Street occupied the Fed

Andrew Leonard
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Enhanced Oversight After the Financial Crisis: The Wall Street Reform Act at One Year on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 21, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS HEADSHOT) (© Yuri Gripas / Reuters)

Will the Fed's "treason" save us?

Andrew Leonard

Robert Reich
Narayana Kocherlakota, Charles Plosser and Richard Fisher

Andrew Leonard
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

Andrew Leonard
Rick Perry

Rick Perry's comments not much uglier than usual

Alex Pareene
FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks in New Orleans. Paul says he will retire from Congress when his term runs out in 2012 and will focus on his campaign for president. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (AP)

Natasha Lennard
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke speaks at a the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s 47th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition Thursday, May 5, 2011, in Chicago. Regulators must better understand threats to the financial system to be able to prevent another crisis, Bernanke acknowledged Thursday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (AP)

Martin Crutsinger
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington on Wednesday.

Andrew Leonard

What happens if the U.S. hits the debt ceiling?

Peter Finocchiaro
Ron Paul and Ben Bernanke

Andrew Leonard
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Jeannine Aversa
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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin waves to the crowd at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affair’s annual Liberty Gala at the Convention Center in Tulsa, Okla. Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Brandi Simons) (AP)

Andrew Leonard

Andrew Leonard
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke responds to a question during a question-and-answer hour with invited students from various Rhode Island colleges and universities in Providence, R.I., Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) (AP)

Andrew Leonard
Early morning sunlight illuminates the top of the Teton mountain range in Jackson Hole, Wyoming August 21, 2009. The U.S. Federal Reserve is holding their annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium with visiting bankers from around the globe meeting with Federal Reserve officials, academics and other financial experts. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday said prospects for a return to global economic growth looked good "in the near term," the clearest signal yet the world's most powerful central banker thinks a recovery is at hand. REUTERS/Price Chambers (UNITED STATES BUSINESS) (© Str New / Reuters)

"I was wrong again!" What Bernanke meant to say

Andrew Leonard
Alexis de Toqueville, author of "Democracy in America"

Andrew Leonard
President Barack Obama meets with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak)

Brendan Nyhan
FILE - In this March 25, 2010 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Regulators must do all they can to help banks make loans to creditworthy borrowers, especially small businesses, a development that's critical to strengthening the economic recovery, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday, May 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Andrew Leonard
Ben Bernanke and President Obama

Andrew Leonard
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