Inside the World of Ben Bernanke

The World of Ben Bernanke A glimpse inside the rarified rooms in Washington where the Fed Chairman oversees the U.S. financial system Photographs by Dan Winters for TIME
Dan Winters for TIME

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Hard hats sent two-by-fours to then Fed Chairman Paul Volcker in 1980, pleading for lower interest rates to goose housing starts. Bernanke inherited this remnant from Alan Greenspan.

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