Ben Bernanke: “I have--you know, it is easy to criticize, but the politics is very difficult.”

Nothing is more important for restoring economic growth than improving public health.

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

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.