In the early 1970s, when college for many meant antiwar protests and experimenting with recreational drugs, friends say Ben S. Bernanke was busy at Harvard and MIT trying to figure out the monetary causes of the Great Depression. Ben Shalom Bernanke was born Dec. 13, 1953, in Augusta, Ga., and... -
Bernanke Unwrapped
In the early 1970s, when college for many meant antiwar protests and experimenting with recreational drugs, friends say Ben S. Bernanke was busy at Harvard and MIT trying to figure out the monetary causes of the Great Depression. Ben Shalom Bernanke was born Dec. 13, 1953, in Augusta, Ga., and...-
By Ben White