In Fed we trust
Subtitle: Ben Bernanke's war on the great panic
By: David Wessel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Business
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780307459688
Subjects: Bernanke, Ben; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.); Banks and banking, Central -- United States; Financial crises -- United States; Monetary policy -- United States
Notes: "How the federal reserve became the fourth branch of government"--Dust jkt.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-302; [307]-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: Let ol' Lehman go : the pivotal weekend of September 12-14, 2008; title: "Periodical financial debauches" : the long-forgotten history of the Fed; title: Age of delusion : what Greenspan wrought; title: There are Jews in Boston, too : who is Ben Bernanke?; title: Pas de deux : the great panic begins in August 2007; title: The four Musketeers : Bernanke's brain trust ; Bernanke, Kohn, Warsh, and Geithner; title: Re: Re: ... Blue sky : the Fed's first response to the great panic; title: Running from behind : how the Fed got behind the curve, and how it caught up; title: "Unusual and exigent" : Bear Stearns, the first rescue; title: Fannie, Freddie, and "Feddie" : taking over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and pondering next steps; title: Breaking the glass : the fallout from Lehman and AIG and going to Congress; title: finally; title: "Socialism with American characteristics" : forcing taxpayer capital on the banks; title: World of ZIRP : the Fed gets rates to zero; title: Did Bernanke kep his promise to Milton Friedman? the early verdict.