Frases de Ben Bernanke (16 citas)

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Frases célebres de Ben Bernanke

“Si quieres entender la geología, estudias los terremotos. Si quieres entender la economía, estudias la Gran Depresión. Si quieres entender de economía, estudias la mayor calamidad que ha golpeado las economías de los EE. UU. y del mundo.”

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En 1983, a su compañero de estudios, Mark Gertler, tras preguntarle por su interés en el estudio de la Gran Depresión.
Fuente: Long Study of Great Depression Has Shaped Bernanke's Views http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB113392265577715881. Wall Street Journal, 7 de diciembre de 2005.

“Charlando con su abuela, cuando tenía 7 años.”

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Marcia Friedman (su abuela materna): «[En los años 30] muchos niños del barrio tenían que ir a la escuela con zapatos rotos, o descalzos».
Ben Bernanke (con 7 años): «¿Por qué sus padres no les compraban zapatos nuevos?».
Abuela: «Debido a que sus padres habían perdido sus empleos cuando cerraron las fábricas de zapatos».
Ben Bernanke: «¿Por qué cerraron las fábricas?».
Abuela: «Porque nadie tenía dinero para comprar zapatos».

“La lección de la historia es que no se consigue una recuperación económica sostenida mientras el sistema financiero está en crisis.”

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“Es el precio del éxito: la gente empieza a pensar que eres omnipotente.”

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“Soy un aficionado a los temas de la Gran Depresión, de la misma forma en que algunas personas son aficionados a los temas de la Guerra Civil. Las cuestiones planteadas por la Depresión, y sus lecciones, siguen siendo importantes hoy.”

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En el año 2000.

“A pesar de que una inflación baja es generalmente buena, una inflación demasiado baja puede presentar riesgos para la economía -especialmente cuando la economía está en problemas.”

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Fuente: Aiding the economy: What the Fed did and why http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110307693.html. The Washington Post, 4 de noviembre de 2010.

Ben Bernanke: Frases en inglés

“It was a global depression, had many causes, the whole story requires you to look at the whole international system. But policy errors in United States, as well as abroad, did play an important role. And in particular as I said, the Federal Reserve failed in this first challenge in both parts of its mission. It did not use monetary policy aggressively to prevent deflation and the collapse in the economy, so it failed in its economic stability function. And it didn't adequately perform its function as lender of last resort allowing many bank failures and a resulting contraction in credit and also with the money supply. So, in that respect, again, the Fed did not fulfill its intended mission.”

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Lecture 1: Origins and Mission of the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis (2012)

“Economics is a highly sophisticated field of thought that is superb at explaining to policymakers precisely why the choices they made in the past were wrong. About the future, not so much. However, careful economic analysis does have one important benefit, which is that it can help kill ideas that are completely logically inconsistent or wildly at variance with the data. This insight covers at least 90 percent of proposed economic policies.”

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The Ten Suggestions http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20130602a.htm. Speech given at Baccalaureate Ceremony at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, June 2, 2013.

“Let me end my talk by abusing slightly my status as an official representative of the Federal Reserve System. I would like to say to Milton and Anna: Regarding the Great Depression. You're right, we did it. We're very sorry. But thanks to you, we won't do it again.”

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"Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke at the Conference to Honor Milton Friedman, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois," http://www.federalreserve.gov/BOARDDOCS/SPEECHES/2002/20021108/default.htm federalreserve.gov (2002-11-08)
Commenting to Milton Friedman's public statement that the Great Depression was caused by the Federal Reserve Bank

“There’s no denying that a collapse in stock prices today would pose serious macroeconomic challenges for the United States. Consumer spending would slow, and the U. S. economy would become less of a magnet for foreign investors. Economic growth, which in any case has recently been at unsustainable levels, would decline somewhat. History proves, however, that a smart central bank can protect the economy and the financial sector from the nastier side effects of a stock market collapse.”

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"A Crash Course for Central Bankers," http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3272 Foreign Policy (September/October 2000)

“To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, less spending on everything else from education to defense, or some combination of the above.”

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Speech given on Apr. 7, 2010 to the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, "Economic Challenges: Past, Present and Future" http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20100407a.pdf. (See pages 13-14 of the speech transcript).