REAPPOINTED
As an ivory-tower economist, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may have learned more about the Great Depression than anyone else on the planet, and one thing he knew was that he didn't want the U.S. to ever see another one. So when the financial markets melted down in 2008, the mild-mannered, consensus-minded Bernanke blasted a fire hose full of dollars at the U.S. economy, exercising unprecedented powers and sidestepping the democratic process. While the blaze hasn't been extinguished, it's starting to seem under control, which is why President Barack Obama really had no choice but to reappoint Bernanke to a...
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