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Ben Bernanke is Time's 'Person of the Year 2009'

December 16, 2009

by The TopStock Team

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Bernanke Named Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been named Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2009. Time opines that the story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much worse.

Time writes:

“A bald man with a gray beard and tired eyes is sitting in his oversize Washington office, talking about the economy. He doesn't have a commanding presence. He isn't a mesmerizing speaker. He has none of the look-at-me swagger or listen-to-me charisma so common among men with oversize Washington offices. His arguments aren't partisan or ideological; they're methodical, grounded in data and the latest academic literature. When he doesn't know something, he doesn't bluster or bluff. He's professorial, which makes sense, because he spent most of his career as a professor.

He is not, in other words, a typical Beltway power broker. He's shy. He doesn't do the D.C. dinner-party circuit; he prefers to eat at home with his wife, who still makes him do the dishes and take out the trash. Then they do crosswords or read. Because Ben Bernanke is a nerd.

He just happens to be the most powerful nerd on the planet.”

The runners-up include: General Stanley McChrystal, The Chinese Worker, Nancy Pelosi, and track phenom Usain Bolt.

Last year’s winner was Barack Obama and 2007’s winner was Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Winners in years past include Bono, President George W. Bush, and Jeff Bezos.

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