Ben Bernanke: “It sounds like the conclusion of your argument is that taxes should be zero and I would not argue that.”

Lower paid workers, as well as women and minorities, are over-represented in the most affected sectors, and, thus, have borne a disproportionate share of the job and income losses.

Financial risk tends to migrate around regulatory obstacles like a river flows around rocks.

Congress needs to do whatever it takes to address the economic crisis.

Undesirable boom-bust cycles that ultimately lead to both a less stable economy and higher inflation