Ben Bernanke

Ben Bernanke has been selected from the global glut of candidates to replace Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve. There were only three 'leading candidates' and Bernanke was trading in the high 30's on TradeSports before the nomination. Bernanke is a good pick favored by conventional wisdom and by most bloggers, which is a good thing after the Miers nomination. Tyler Cowen rounds up Bernanke's major economic contributions.