Bernanke's Life in Photos

Ben Bernanke: A Life The nerd from Dillon, South Carolina rises to the most powerful job in American banking
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Washington Calls
After an uneventful eight-month stint leading President Bush's Council on Economic Advisers, Bernanke was tapped to take over the Federal Reserve upon the retirement of the previous Chairman, Alan Greenspan.

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