Ben Bernanke
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Oct 29, 2026
Justin WolfersHOST
Look, I think I might not have worried so much about this, that they're only going to have an interest rate meeting once every two months, because historically, when the Fed understood that maybe some action was required, what it would do is provide a little bit of, here's that word again, forward guidance.
Justin WolfersHOST
So Jay Powell or Ben Bernanke or Janet Yellen may just hint, boy, it looks like rates are probably on the way down.
Justin WolfersHOST
And they wouldn't need to have a whole committee meeting.
Justin WolfersHOST
Rates would just naturally fall on the word of the Fed chair.
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Justin WolfersHOST
36% said it was too early to judge.
Justin WolfersHOST
I think there's a good argument for that 36%.
Justin WolfersHOST
But the thing I want you to keep your eye on is only 9% gave Walsh an A, which is far, far below the confidence that markets had in his predecessor, Jay Powell, before that, Janet Yellen, before that, Ben Bernanke.
Justin WolfersHOST
Here's the concern.
Danny FortsonHOST
He is the CEO of the Center for a New American Security and National Security Specialist.
Danny FortsonHOST
Ben Bernanke, former head of the Federal Reserve.
Danny FortsonHOST
He's
Katie PrescottHOST
probably the only name I know, actually.
Bill AddissGUEST
And by the way, Janet Yellen did the same thing.
Bill AddissGUEST
Bernanke, I think even Greenspan, you know, around federal elections, you pull back from a policy point of view.
Bill AddissGUEST
And I think that's exactly what they did.
Bill AddissGUEST
So if we assume that inflation is a growing problem, if we assume they wanted to raise this month but really couldn't, does that put 50 basis points into the market for next month, for December?
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Piers CurranHOST
Mr. Ben Bernanke.
Piers CurranHOST
Okay, yeah, yeah.
Piers CurranHOST
I mean, I've got a list here, but this hasn't been...
Piers CurranHOST
Maybe his Fed chair, the Federal Reserve chair during the financial crisis, Mr. Ben Bernanke is on this board of trustees, which is interesting.
Piers CurranHOST
Yeah, I mean,
Anthony CheungHOST
I've got a list here.
Anthony CheungHOST
Yeah, Ben Bernanke.
Axel MerkGUEST
I believe that a lot of the initiatives he's undertaking are very much worthwhile.
Axel MerkGUEST
And just for those who don't know me, this is from a person who is very critical of the Fed, historically speaking, who's been very critical of Bernanke, Yellen, and Powell.
Axel MerkGUEST
But at the same time, I truly believe that it's important to support constructive people.
Axel MerkGUEST
In any case, in July, as you might recall, Kevin Walsh had a press conference that was somewhat confusing because he had gotten a little bit ahead of himself.
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Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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Christopher Stubbs, a professor of physics and astronomy at Harvard.
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Those are highly respectable people.
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I am especially a fan of Ben Bernanke.
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However, these are not people that seem all that aligned to the founders or to concerns about AI existential risk or safety.
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They seem more like generally good governance picks, or in Shah's case a pick for diffusion and global health.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
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Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
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Zvi MowshowitzHOST
Christopher Stubbs, a professor of physics and astronomy at Harvard.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
Those are highly respectable people.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
I am especially a fan of Ben Bernanke.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
However, these are not people that seem all that aligned to the founders or to concerns about AI existential risk or safety.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
They seem more like generally good governance picks, or in Shah's case, a pick for diffusion and global health.
Ryan DetrickGUEST
Now, I don't disagree with this.
Ryan DetrickGUEST
You know, it's kind of like the old subprime is contained quote by Bernanke.
Ryan DetrickGUEST
You know, like triple C is contained.
Ryan DetrickGUEST
That's what I'm about to tell you.
Ryan DetrickGUEST
But here's about to tell you why.
Ryan DetrickGUEST
And the famous quote by Bernanke was obviously subprime was not contained and the whole market fell apart.
Ryan DetrickGUEST
It was the first domino to fall subprime and it took the entire industry and the economy with it in 2008, 2009.
Ryan DetrickGUEST
Fast forward to this.
Gary KaltbaumHOST
Anyway, Jay Powell decided, let's go backwards.
Gary KaltbaumHOST
Ben Bernanke, during 07-08, one of the causes of the spiraling housing market and the problems back then, because he kept interest rates too easy, started to print money.
Gary KaltbaumHOST
What the hell does that mean? Well, just print money out of thin air.
Gary KaltbaumHOST
That's what he decided to do.
Chris SullivanGUEST
The backdrop behind private central banking is also the weaponization of the credit markets, the currency markets, the commodity markets, and the equities and fixed income markets.
Chris SullivanGUEST
So you may recall, and you can pull this video up and stick it in, Ben Bernanke admitting, oh, shit, Great Depression, it was us.
Chris SullivanGUEST
Sorry.
Chris SullivanGUEST
Okay, well, what does he mean when he says that? He means that all of the banking collusion partners got when, hey, we are going to pull out our positions, and then we're going to margin call everyone.
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