Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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If current trends continue, the typical U.S. worker will be considerably more productive several decades from now. Thus, one might argue that letting future generations bear the burden of population aging is appropriate, as they will likely be richer than we are even taking that burden into account.

Ben Bernanke's Popular Quotes

A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman's famous 'helicopter drop' of money.

- Ben Bernanke

The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth and le…

- Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession.

- Ben Bernanke

September and October of 2008 was the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.

- Ben Bernanke

The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of economic policymakers, par…

- Ben Bernanke

I and others were mistaken early on in saying that the subprime crisis would be contained. The causal relationship between the housing problem and th…

- Ben Bernanke

The financial crisis appears to be mostly behind us, and the economy seems to have stabilized and is expanding again.

- Ben Bernanke

The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars …

- Ben Bernanke

I'd throw dollars out of helicopters if I had to, to stimulate the economy.

- Ben Bernanke