Ben Bernanke — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for research on banks and financial crises.
Serves as a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, leading its response to the 2008 financial crisis.
Proposed the Bernanke doctrine and discussed 'the Great Moderation' theory.
Authored the 2015 book, 'The Courage to Act'.
Former tenured professor and chair of the Department of Economics at Princeton University (1996-2002).

Biography

Ben Shalom Bernanke is an American economist known for his significant contributions to economic policy and research. He served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, a period that included the 2008 financial crisis. During his tenure, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the crisis, an effort for which he was named the 2009 Time Person of the Year.