By James Surowiecki October 11, 2022 Most Americans, understandably, know Ben Bernanke as the person who was head of the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis of 2007-2009 (aka the Great Recession), and who took extraordinary measures to try to prevent banks and other financial institutions from collapsing and credit markets from seizing up. … Continue reading Why former Fed chair Ben Bernanke deserves his Nobel Prize—despite the naysayers