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內容簡介 2022諾貝爾經濟學獎得主美國前聯準會主席柏南克前聯準會主席柏南克回憶錄 獨家揭露二○○七至○九年金融危機、聯準會的作為，以及量化寬鬆政策最不為人知的內幕與詳情柏南克 在任8年，他的每一步，都撼動世界。他帶領全球安度金融海嘯，但航向卻飽受爭議：他為何沒察覺房市泡沫的前兆，一上任就三次升息？!二○○七年次貸風暴爆發，他為何會低估其影響，讓情況一發不可收拾呢？!為何他前後救了貝爾斯登和AIG，卻獨漏雷曼呢？!危機時刻，他為何大膽推出QE？到底他是拯救世界經濟的舵手？還是歷史的罪人？柏南克曾說，「當國家的經濟福祉需要我們採取強勁而有創意的應對措施時，我在聯準會的同仁，包括制定貨幣政策的理事與其它同事，即使面對嚴厲的批評與指責，也都能鼓起做該做的事情的道德勇氣。我感謝他們。」 2006年，柏南克獲得提名，出任聯準會主席。他從南卡羅萊納州小市鎮力爭上游，創造傑出學術名聲後，最後意外攀登頂峰，前往華府的權力中心，擔任重要公職。然而，他還來不及慶祝就面臨2007年房市泡沫化，引發一連串的骨牌效應，將全球金融系統推至崩潰邊緣。柏南克和聯準會同事們竭盡心力，從拯救投資銀行貝爾斯登公司的內爆，到推動規模空前的保險巨擘美國國際集團緊急紓困案，不眠不休，在阻止金融危機蔓延的戰役中，動用所能掌握的所有工具，對抗危機，維持美國與世界經濟免於滅頂。面對國會眾多派系的批評、和華爾街惡行所激發的民眾怒火，聯準會和美國財政部的同僚密切合作，在兩任美國總統的支持下，成功地安定了岌岌可危的金融體系。他們發揮創意與決心，防止了規模難以想像的經濟崩潰，進而創造非正統的解決方案，協助振興美國經濟，成為其他國家的學習典範。本書描繪出十分精彩且豐富的決策細節、人物特寫和紀錄，並為美國有史以來最嚴重的金融危機和經濟大衰退，提供最不為人知的內幕與詳情。本中文書介出自《行動的勇氣: 危機與挑戰的回憶錄》今周文化事業股份有限公司出版From the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in EconomicsA New York Times Bestseller“A fascinating account of the effort to save the world from another Great Depression. . . . Humanity should be grateful.”―Financial TimesIn 2006, Ben S. Bernanke was appointed chair of the Federal Reserve, the unexpected apex of a personal journey from small-town South Carolina to prestigious academic appointments and finally public service in Washington’s halls of power.There would be no time to celebrate.The bursting of a housing bubble in 2007 exposed the hidden vulnerabilities of the global financial system, bringing it to the brink of meltdown. From the implosion of the investment bank Bear Stearns to the unprecedented bailout of insurance giant AIG, efforts to arrest the financial contagion consumed Bernanke and his team at the Fed. Around the clock, they fought the crisis with every tool at their disposal to keep the United States and world economies afloat.Working with two U.S. presidents, and under fire from a fractious Congress and a public incensed by behavior on Wall Street, the Fed―alongside colleagues in the Treasury Department―successfully stabilized a teetering financial system. With creativity and decisiveness, they prevented an economic collapse of unimaginable scale and went on to craft the unorthodox programs that would help revive the U.S. economy and become the model for other countries.Rich with detail of the decision-making process in Washington and indelible portraits of the major players, The Courage to Act recounts and explains the worst financial crisis and economic slump in America since the Great Depression, providing an insider’s account of the policy response.16 pages of photographs"
