New at Reason: Brian Doherty on Ben Bernanke's Re-election Campaign

July 30, 2009

In the past weeks, Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke has taken the prior reputation of his office as high priest of history's mightiest central bank—august, oracular, mysterious—and devalued it as surely as his bank has devalued the dollar over the past century. He's fighting hard to make sure he gets reappointed as Fed boss in January. But, writes Senior Editor Brian Doherty, given all the problems that the Fed and the economy are facing, it's hard to see why he's even bothering.

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