TY - BOOK N2 - The former chairman of the Federal Reserve documents his rise from a Southern youth to Ivy League professorships prior to the 2007 housing bubble burst, detailing the dramatic efforts to salvage the U.S. economy that made him "Time" magazine's 2009 Person of the Year. AB - The former chairman of the Federal Reserve documents his rise from a Southern youth to Ivy League professorships prior to the 2007 housing bubble burst, detailing the dramatic efforts to salvage the U.S. economy that made him "Time" magazine's 2009 Person of the Year. T1 - The courage to act :a memoir of a crisis and its aftermath / AU - Bernanke, Ben, ET - First edition. CN - HB119.B46 CN - HB119.B46 ID - 732031 KW - Government economists KW - Banks and banking, Central KW - Financial crises KW - Monetary policy SN - 9780393247213 SN - 039324721X TI - The courage to act :a memoir of a crisis and its aftermath / ER -