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Ben Bernanke

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A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a stability in the price of gold itself.


— Ben Bernanke


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Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.


— Ben Bernanke


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Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective.


— Ben Bernanke


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How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression?


— Ben Bernanke


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I am very proud of my nerd-dom.


— Ben Bernanke


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I come from Main Street, from a small town that's really depressed.


— Ben Bernanke


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I've never been on Wall Street. And I care about Wall Street for one reason and one reason only because what happens on Wall Street matters to Main Street.


— Ben Bernanke


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In fact, the world needs more nerds.


— Ben Bernanke


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In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels.


— Ben Bernanke


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If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.


— Ben Bernanke


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Bernanke's mother gave up her job as a school teacher when her son was born and worked at the family drug store. Bernanke also pointed out that deficit reduction will necessarily consist of either raising taxes cutting entitlement payments and other government spending or some combination of both. Starr Center for Applied Economics.

Bush's Council of Economic Advisers before President Bush appointed him on February 1 2006 to be chairman of the United States Federal Reserve. From 2002 until 2005 he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System proposed the Bernanke Doctrine and first discussed "the Great Moderation"—the theory that traditional business cycles have declined in volatility in recent decades through structural changes that have occurred in the international economy particularly increases in the economic stability of developing nations diminishing the influence of macroeconomic (monetary and fiscal) policy. Bernanke was confirmed for a second term as chairman on January 28 2010 after being re-nominated by President Barack Obama.

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