by Mark Thoma, University of Oregon (Department of Economics)

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Big Government Ben?

Posted on June 25, 2009

The GOP is targeting Bernanke as a champion of government intrusion and an ally of President Obama :G.O.P. to Paint Bernanke as Ally of Big Government, by Edmund L. Andrews and Louise Story, NY Times: In a peculiar role reversal, Republican lawmakers are mounting a ferocious attack on the Republican chairman of the Federal Reserve, while Democrats are coming to his defense. Ben S. Bernanke ... will be grilled on Thursday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about his role in orchestrating Bank of America s controversial takeover of Merrill Lynch late last year. The House i...

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