Ben Bernanke: 6 fun facts that you did not know
He is a fan of fast food
Hot Pockets and TV series "Seinfeld". Him
known former colleague gulped
donuts. His mother worried about
that he could not safely drive (aged
60 years). And he dressed up the president of the United
States. Here are just a few fun
facts about Ben Bernanke, who took
as chairman of the Federal
Reserve for eight years.
Bernanke released his
memoirs "The Courage to Act". Among other
details of his life, he often speaks of
gloomy times of the Fed during the financial
crisis. Hero of many amusing anecdotes
and facts - Princeton economist,
who became the head of the central bank.
Here are some fun facts,
associated with it.
1. Bush tried out a joke
with the fashion police on Bernanke
Before becoming
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke served
White House economic adviser.
One day President Dzhordzh Bush stopped
meeting in the Oval Office and went to
Bernanke and asked to lift the leg.
Bernanke was dressed in a dark suit with
yellow and brown socks. "You know, -
Bush said Bernanke - is the White House, in
We have standards". Bernanke shyly
He admitted that he made a good purchase
- 4 pairs of tan socks
$ 10.
But after a couple of days
another meeting in the Oval Hall of everything
except Bernanke appeared in a yellow-brown
socks. "The President tried to do
pretend that he did not notice it, but soon
he laughed"- Bernanke wrote.
2. Tim Gaytner: absorber
donuts
Bernanke worked closely
Timothy Geithner, former Minister
Finance, during the financial crisis.
And Bernanke clearly remembers "overloaded"
Geithner's metabolism.
"During a break in a meeting
Fed Committee, he devoured the donuts, but
nevertheless remained thin"- he wrote
Bernanke. "Tim's energy and ability to
concentrate for extended
Time always surprises me".
3. Mother worries for
Bernanke driving skills
After Bernanke
The Fed left its mother Edna was concerned
the fact that her son seated himself behind the wheel
car. And all because he did not go
one for eight years. And mother
worried that he might
I forgot how it is - to be behind the wheel. "She is
worried whether I could at the age of
sixty years of safe driving a car,
- Bernanke wrote. - So far, so good".
4. Luxury party?
No. Hot Pockets.
Speaking about their listings
Minister, you probably imagine,
bankers fly on a jet plane
around the world with a conference at the conference
and they are invited to meetings brilliant.
This could be true, but most of life
Fed officials are actually quite
far from luxury. "I'd warmed up in
microwave sandwiches Hot Pockets and
I ate them before the rerun series
"Seinfeld""- says Bernanke, who
as the head of the Fed also frequented
Vietnamese restaurants, jazz clubs and
Stores Barnes Noble. As Fed chairman, he
often I ate in the cafe with the Fed
all. "I ate in the cafeteria of the Board,
I waited in line with his tray and
I was looking for a free place where I could
take a seat"- he writes.
5. Ben Bernanke - is
Edvard Kinse
Bernanke loved
use e-mail, when
He was chairman of the Federal Reserve
system, but he knew it would be swamped
letters, if will use its
real name. Then he picked up the nickname:
Edvard Kinse (Edward Quince). It was a name
Bernanke Fed in the phone book. Can
be, there was some deep meaning
or a literary reference? After Bernanke
and his wife enjoyed reading
Latin American literature. No.
The code name for the chief
America's central bank at the
actually I came up with fellow programmer. is he
Quince saw the word on the box with some
program and Bernanke said Edward
- beautiful name. "It seemed good
combination for me, so we chose
alias Edvard Kinse"- says
Bernanke.
6. Wrong solution
guaranteed employment
Bernanke left his
She works as a full-time professor
Princeton University to
take the place of the head of the Federal Reserve in 2002.
Princeton gave him a two-year vacation
for this time. But when Bernanke called
assist the Council of Economic
advisers of the White House in 2005,
Princeton, asked him to resign.
Of course, he had to abandon
Lifetime Warranty workplace
because sooner or later, Bush ousted
to his office. "I moved just in
the wrong direction"- he wrote
Bernanke. Although, considering where he is
eventually ended up, it is probably
not such a bad decision. And, fortunately,
Bernanke was not so difficult to find a halturku later. After all, even the book
he was able to write and comment on different editions - at least for this and moonlight.
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