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Ben Bernanke

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Ben Shalom Bernanke ( bər-NANG-kee; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist who served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. After leaving the Federal Reserve, he was appointed a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution. During his tenure as chairman, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the 2008 financial crisis, for which he was named the 2009 Time Person of the Year. Before becoming Federal Reserve chairman, Bernanke was a tenured professor at Princeton University and chaired the Department of Economics there from 1996 to September 2002, when he went on public service leave. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Bernanke is the 146th most popular economist (down from 67th in 2019), the 2,086th most popular biography from United States (down from 931st in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ben Bernanke ranks 146 out of 414. Before him are Alan Greenspan, Adolph Wagner, Kristalina Georgieva, Carlo M. Cipolla, Robert J. Shiller, and Paul Krugman. After him are Peter Diamond, Tony Atkinson, Benedetto Cotrugli, Silvio Gesell, Christopher A. Pissarides, and Jacques Attali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Ben Bernanke ranks 76. Before him are James Foley, Bill Pullman, Kristalina Georgieva, Paul Krugman, Claudio Gentile, and Antonio Tajani. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Alberto Zaccheroni, Alisher Usmanov, Lenín Moreno, Wang Yi, and Nanni Moretti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Bernanke ranks 2,086 out of 20,380. Before him are Adam Savage (1967), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), Roger Ebert (1942), Jack Dempsey (1895), Lionel Stander (1908), and Jason Lee (1970). After him are Jack Reed (1949), Michael Shannon (1974), Tom Ford (1961), Conrad Hilton (1887), Lee Remick (1935), and Richard Rodgers (1902).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Ben Bernanke ranks 48. Before him are Jeremy Rifkin (1945), William Nordhaus (1941), James Heckman (1944), Alan Greenspan (1926), Robert J. Shiller (1946), and Paul Krugman (1953). After him are Peter Diamond (1940), Robert F. Engle (1942), Christopher A. Sims (1942), Roger Myerson (1951), Eric Maskin (1950), and Vernon L. Smith (1927).

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