In the future, financial firms of any type whose failure would pose a systemic risk must accept especially close regulatory scrutiny of their risk-taking. -Ben Bernanke Failure
As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people. -Ben Bernanke Education
No economy can succeed without a high-quality workforce, particularly in an age of globalization and technical change. -Ben Bernanke Age
In many spheres of human endeavor, from science to business to education to economic policy, good decisions depend on good measurement. -Ben Bernanke Education
Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes. -Ben Bernanke Education
The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis. -Ben Bernanke Finance
No economy can succeed without a high-quality workforce, particularly in an age of globalization and technical change. -Ben Bernanke Change
In many spheres of human endeavor, from science to business to education to economic policy, good decisions depend on good measurement. -Ben Bernanke Science
Neighborhoods and communities are complex organisms that will be resilient only if they are healthy along a number of interrelated dimensions, much as a human body cannot be healthy without adequate air, water, rest, and food. -Ben Bernanke Food
I am particularly pleased to see that the Bendheim Center for Finance is thriving. -Ben Bernanke Finance
Because financially capable consumers ultimately contribute to a stable economic and financial system as well as improve their own financial situations, it's clear that the Federal Reserve has a significant stake in financial education. -Ben Bernanke Education
The failure of Lehman Brothers demonstrated that liquidity provision by the Federal Reserve would not be sufficient to stop the crisis; substantial fiscal resources were necessary. -Ben Bernanke Failure
When the economic well-being of their nation demanded a strong and creative response, my colleagues at the Federal Reserve... mustered the moral courage to do what was necessary. -Ben Bernanke Courage
The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that market participants will make appropriate inferences. -Ben Bernanke Chance
People saw the Depression as a necessary thing - a chance to squeeze out the excesses, get back to Puritan morality. That just made things worse. -Ben Bernanke Chance
In many spheres of human endeavor, from science to business to education to economic policy, good decisions depend on good measurement. -Ben Bernanke Business
Community development has a long history of innovation and learning from experience. -Ben Bernanke Learning
If you're in a car crash, you're mostly involved in trying to not go off the bridge, and later on you say, 'Oh my God!' -Ben Bernanke Car
Given the extent of the exposures of major banks around the world to A.I.G., and in light of the extreme fragility of the system, there was a significant risk that A.I.G.'s failure could have sparked a global banking panic. -Ben Bernanke Failure
Economics has many substantive areas of knowledge where there is agreement, but also contains areas of controversy. That's inescapable. -Ben Bernanke Knowledge
