In FED We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic Audiobook

" Bankers are not often heros, but this book of course, about bankers, is an exception to that rule in that the hero is Ben. I think especially after a few years hindsight on the great collapses of 2008 this is a good one to read to see how the Wall Street crowd was looking to the American taxpayer to save them from their own actions. "

" This is a very readable book discussing the battle by the FED, and Bernake, to prevent the U.S. economy from collapsing into a full depression at the end of 2008. Many insights into the behind-the-scenes decisions being made, the extradordinary steps made to prop up the economy, and the complexity of it all. "

" Review of Ben Bernanke's interesting 2 yrs. Still amazes me how these otherwise smart guys are not so smart. (Except that the CEOs were smart enough to make gobs of money irresponsibly) "

" Open your eyes: we are doomed. "

" Fascinating look at behind the scenes at the Fed and Treasury during the economic meltdown - what the author calls "the Great Panic". I actually read and understood the financial section of the New York Times last weekend - especially the news from Bernanke about closing the window. "

" Good book to start to understand the Great Panic (will I be teaching this in 20 years?). It reads pretty easily. I am going to try This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Rogoff, et al. "

" I pretty much support Bernanke, but this is mostly a puff piece. "

" This is a really interesting book. I was afraid that this book would be really boring. Instead the author managed to make the topic interesting. Everyone should read this book. "

" Provides a pretty good insight into what transpired in those blue days of 2008 as the world held its breath on the sidelines. Gets a little too overdramatic at times for my liking. Nonetheless, a good read. "

" This is a good book, full of behind the scenes info on the financial crisis. I've read a few of the books on this subject, as I became somewhat obsessed with the subject. This is one of the better ones, although not as comprehensive as All The Devils Are Here. But still, worth a read. "

" A good tutorial on the Fed and how the economic crisis has changed its role, but not as juicy as Too Big To Fail. "

" way too journalistic, too glib, too factoid....but what we just went thru is amazing....do not believe in free markets, in efficient market pricing all that stuff is garbage but you can't expect a wsj reporter to say that "

" An exciting account of the actions of Bernanke, Paulson, Geithner and a Fed governor unknown to me, Warsh, in the panic of summer & fall 2008 "

" An engaging overview of the lead-up to the economic crash in 2008 for individuals with only a basic macroeconomic understanding. "

" From reading this book you get the idea that Fed chairman Ben Bernake pretty much saved us from another Great Depression (so far). Wessel is a Wall Street Journal reporter and seems thoroughly knowledgable. "

" Think I'll include this one as supplementary reading for the Money and Banking course I teach. "

" Think I'll include this one as supplementary reading for the Money and Banking course I teach. "

" Open your eyes: we are doomed. "

" This book helped me understand how the Fed works. "

" Great look at the financial crisis thru the view of the Federal Reserve and more specifically Ben Bernacke. Regardless of what you might think of what the we all missed in this crisis; makes you realize that we had the right guy fixing this mess once it happened. "

" This was a great book about the Federal Reserve Bank's role in all the 'bailouts' that happened over the last few years. It explained economics in a non-boring way, and helped me understand a lot about my workplace! "

" An exciting account of the actions of Bernanke, Paulson, Geithner and a Fed governor unknown to me, Warsh, in the panic of summer & fall 2008 "

" From reading this book you get the idea that Fed chairman Ben Bernake pretty much saved us from another Great Depression (so far). Wessel is a Wall Street Journal reporter and seems thoroughly knowledgable. "

" Sympathetic and lacking in critique. Never the less it has some interesting portraits. The Fed is certainly a class based institution that serves the interests of ruling elites. "

" A good tutorial on the Fed and how the economic crisis has changed its role, but not as juicy as Too Big To Fail. "

" Review of Ben Bernanke's interesting 2 yrs. Still amazes me how these otherwise smart guys are not so smart. (Except that the CEOs were smart enough to make gobs of money irresponsibly) "

" way too journalistic, too glib, too factoid....but what we just went thru is amazing....do not believe in free markets, in efficient market pricing all that stuff is garbage but you can't expect a wsj reporter to say that "

" Good book to start to understand the Great Panic (will I be teaching this in 20 years?). It reads pretty easily. I am going to try This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Rogoff, et al. "