PBS NewsHour

What it was like to head the Fed during the 2008 meltdown

Clip: 10/08/2015 | 7m 32s

In “The Courage to Act,” former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke writes that the global economic collapse of 2008 could have resulted in a crisis akin to 1929 had he, his colleagues and policymakers around the world acted differently. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss his memoir of that turbulent time and its aftermath.

Aired: 10/08/15

Rating: NR

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