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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2015-12-03

Books mentioned on 229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade

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He was handed the keys to the global economy just as it started heading off a cliff. Fortunately, he'd seen this movie before.

Stephen Dubner discussed The courage to act by Ben Bernanke.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The courage to act

    Ben Bernanke · at 3:32 · mentioned 8 times

    Discussed
    “You write that your wife cried when you were offered the Fed chairmanship. But these were not tears of joy, at least purely not. Why? What did she foresee?”
    Stephen Dubner 229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade 2015-12-03
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Plugged The courage to act
“Besides that you know I just obviously I just finished this book The Courage to Act the book about my experiences and my time in Washington”
Speaker 229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade 2015-12-03
Passing The courage to act
“indeed some courageous responses by his reckoning again his book is called The Courage to Act we'll never know what would have happened if the Fed and Treasury didn't do what they did”
Stephen Dubner 229. Ben Bernanke Gives Himself a Grade 2015-12-03
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