Ben Bernanke Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Ben Bernanke quotes and sayings page 2 (70 year old public servant). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 41 we have for him.
“The tax code is very inefficient. Both the personal tax code and the corporate tax code. By closing loopholes and lowering rates, you could increase the efficiency of the tax code and create more incentives for people to invest.”
“It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable.”
“I think one of the lessons of the Depression - and this is something that Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated - was that when orthodoxy fails, then you need to try new things. And he was very willing to try unorthodox approaches when the orthodox approach had shown that it was not adequate.”
“The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might say that, in the long run, we are all on Social Security and Medicare.”
“Well, optimism's a good thing. It - makes people go out and - you know, start businesses and spend and do whatever is necessary to get the economy going.”
“Monetary policy is not a panacea.”
“Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.”
“I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions, such as whether to serve bagels or doughnuts at the department coffee hour.”
“Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly.”
“The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.”
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