The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists
Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung
AGE: 54
OCCUPATION: Federal Reserve Chairman
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 2
PRO: Don't call it a bailout! But it is something of a comeback: Bernanke, emerging from Greenspan's shadow to clean up Greenspan's mess, has been generally praised for engineering the takeover of Bear Stearns by JP Morgan Chase — a move that some say staved off financial collapse.
CON: This isn't over. And with every desperate, band-aid rate cut at the Fed, the specter of inflation becomes a bit more corporeal.
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