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Ben Bernanke: “The Nation was on course for a cataclysm that could have rivaled or surpassed the Great Depression.”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011
The Nation was on course for a cataclysm that could have rivaled or surpassed the Great Depression.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Ben Bernanke described the severity of the financial crisis in late 2008.

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