Little known facts about federal reserve chairman Ben Bernanke
Sure, we all know that Ben Bernanke is the head of the federal reserve. But did you also know that he’s a tool? That’s just one of the many things I discovered while compiling my list of little known facts about him! Read on for some more!
Ben Bernanke was the inspiration for the Marvel Comics villain “The High Inflationary.” In the upcoming film “X-Men: First Class,” he will be portrayed by actor Ray Park!
Ray Park as the villain The High Inflationary in a promotional shot from the upcoming film “X-Men: First Class.”
The Japanese word for “bukkake” is “bernanke”!
Ben Bernanke is rumored to once have told L. Ron Hubbard “If you want to make a little money, start a religion. But the real money is in depressions!”
Ben Bernanke got the idea for “The Bernanke Doctrine” from a series of Popeye comic strips from November 1931!
The series of economics lessons from the great cartoonist E. C. Segar. Happily, Ben Bernanke took these lessons to heart! (Click to embiggen.)
In 2004, Ben Bernanke gave a speech called “The Great Moderation,” in which he theorized that economic volatility had been permanently eliminated. He was right! We’re never going to get out of this recession!
If you made a list of Ben Bernanke’s correct predictions about the economy, you would be very depressed!
If you made a list of things the federal reserve has done to help the economy, you’d be even more depressed!
In 2008, Ben Bernanke released his own set of Valentine’s Day cards, with such messages as “Valentine, I like to Double Dip you,” and “Valentine, you really STIMULATE me.” They did not sell well!
One of Ben Bernanke’s mystifyingly unpopular Valentine’s Day cards.
Ben Bernanke’s favorite animal is Bigfoot, because there’s just as much evidence for his existence as there is for the veracity of almost everything that comes out of Ben Bernanke’s mouth!
In 2009, Ben Bernanke was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year,” a distinction he shares with YOU! Congratulations!
Most people don’t know what the federal reserve actually does. And Ben Bernanke doesn’t think they need to, either!
In an alternate reality in which AIG wasn’t bailed out, the American economy got really bad. I mean, it was really bad. A bunch of people were out of work, the deficit skyrocketed — oh, shudder. I don’t even want to think about it. I’m glad we don’t live there!
Artist’s conception of what would have happened in America if A.I.G. hadn’t been bailed out.
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