**Ben S. Bernanke *was chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2022. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. His many books include Essays on the Great Depression and Inflation Targeting * (both...

**Ben S. Bernanke *was chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2022. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. His many books include Essays on the Great Depression and Inflation Targeting * (both Princeton).