Yeah, I’m not kidding.
A bald man with a gray beard and tired eyes is sitting in his oversize Washington office, talking about the economy. He doesn’t have a commanding presence. He isn’t a mesmerizing speaker. He has none of the look-at-me swagger or listen-to-me charisma so common among men with oversize Washington offices. His arguments aren’t partisan or ideological; they’re methodical, grounded in data and the latest academic literature.
Wait. Is this article still talking about Ben Bernanke? You better believe it is. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has now been invited into a prestigious group of individuals ranging from terrible despots like Adolf Hitler (1938) and Joseph Stalin (1939 AND 1942) to freedom fighters like Ghandi (1930), Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963), and Hungarian Rebels (1956).
Oh, and George W. Bush made the cut in 2000. In conclusion, I’m just not exactly sure who Bernanke is more aligned with… Stalin or Ghandi?

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