Gordon Brown

Pro: Led the worldwide charge to re-capitalize struggling banks, and Europe and the U.S., followed his blueprint. Nobel economics laureate Paul Krugman said Brown "may have shown us the way through this crisis."

Con: Before the crisis, was viewed as a weak leader whose job was in peril; a group of senior MPs called on him to resign. Plus, the long-term effects of his recapitalization plan are still unknown.

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