Book review: The courage to act: a memoir ofa crisis and its aftermath by Ben S. Bernanke

In his book, The Courage To Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath, former United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke offers readers a private account of the negotiations and discussions he and his team carried out in formulating the unconventional monetary policy that would be the backdrop to navigating the US economy through its most trying period since the Great Depression. Alex Verkhivker welcomes the memoir as a thoughtful reflection on Bernanke’s time at the helm of the Federal Reserve.