45dabb02f863877419636a00_pa2599c.jpg Paul Lachine

Let Finance Skeptics Take Over

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s term ends in January, and President Barack Obama must decide before then: either re-appoint Bernanke or go with someone else. Given Bernanke's complicity in the Alan Greenspan-era Fed's enthrallment with Wall Street, he deserves to be replaced.

CAMBRIDGE – The race is on to fill the most important economic policy position in the world. United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s term ends in January, and President Barack Obama must decide before then: either re-appoint Bernanke or go with someone else – the names most often mentioned are Larry Summers and Janet Yellen – with more solid Democratic credentials.

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