Did Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke prevent a second Great Depression?

David Wessel
David Wessel, economics editor at The Wall Street Journal and the author of "In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic."
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David Wessel, economics editor of the Wall Street Journal, speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California about his new book, "In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic."

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