Bernanke


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Ben Bernanke and Conservative Economic Sabotage

The Republican Party's newfound political assault on Ben Bernanke is a grim reminder of the actual conservative economic agenda for the next two years. The midterm elections taught Republicans a destructive lesson: With Democrats in power, the worse the economy gets, the better Republicans do at the voting booth. more »

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Bernanke Admits It: Too-Big-To-Fail Lives On

Last week, Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke finally acknowledged that his preferred "solution" for ending Too-Big-To-Fail is likely unworkable. more »

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Liveblogging Bernanke & Bair

1:20

All done. Lesson: Break Up The Banks.

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Most of the discussion surrounding too-big-to-fail at this hearing has dealt with a relatively short period in time: the decision to bailout a firm, and what happened right after that decision.

This is an important part of the issue, but it's by no means the whole story. more »

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Federal Reserve: Are You Listening To Your Own Data?

The Federal Reserve today releases industrial production data with good news. Will it draw the right conclusions? more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

Dude, Where's My $23.7 Trillion?

Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, doesn't think it is a good idea to audit the Fed. Speaking Monday he said, more »

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Bernanke Breaks the Law. His Own.

Thursday December 3 is the date of both the President’s Jobs Summit and the reconfirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. We should seize the opportunity to examine the statute that creates the Federal Reserve: more »

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Obama’s Jobs Summit and Bernanke’s Reappointment: Connect The Dots

How ironic that President Obama’s jobs summit should be scheduled on the same date (Thursday, December 3) that the Senate Banking Committee has scheduled the reconfirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. more »

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Bernanke Solves The Wrong Deficit

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke recognized today that America’s trade deficit played a central role in the global economic crisis. Then after he recognized the problem, he went on to solve a different one. more »

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