Ben S. Bernanke is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Author of the best-selling memoir The Courage to Act, he served as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014.
. . . [A] uniquely practical book as the public tries to better understand the powers of the Fed and Congress to juice or slow the economy amid a supply-chain crunch and sky-high demand.--Andrew Ross Sorkin The New York Times This exercise of historical assessment from a central participant is one that more policymakers should probably try. It allows readers to make judgments along with Bernanke and think about what lessons today's policymakers--who are once again battling inflation--might take.--David Leonhardt The New York Times A clear explication of how money flows from the nation's central banking system into the larger economy.-- Kirkus Suffused with high-stakes drama and clear thinking, this is one of the best accounts yet of the Fed's tumultuous recent past.-- Publisher's Weekly