Before becoming Fed head, Ben Bernanke wrote papers about "excess" savings worldwide: People aren't spending and investing enough, and that's why global financial systems are awash in cash.

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Mr Bernanke wrote another paper with Mr Gertler arguing that central banks would do better not to try to stabilise asset prices but instead to concentrate on a target for consumer-price inflation.

ECONOMIST: Assets and their liabilities

"In the case of oil, speculative activity tends to ensure that a portion of the oil that is currently produced is put aside to guard against the possibility of disruptions or shortages in the future, " Bernanke wrote.

FORBES: Oil

Obama said he wrote a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warning them about the dangers of the subprime mortgage market.

NPR: Ferreting Out Fibs In The Second Debate

After spending a lot of time looking at the actual data coming from the federal government, I actually wrote on the subject in 2007 after watching Bernanke on TV, and watching how his face was saying one thing and his words were saying another.

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Ben Bernanke, judging from a fawning review of the book he wrote when it came out, certainly fell for it.

FORBES: The Claims Against Gold Still Aren't Sticking

Notably, last month, a senior and highly respected member of the Senate Finance Committee, Arizona Republican Jon Kyl, wrote SEC Chairman Chris Cox, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Attorney General Michael Mukasey asking them to respond to Mr. Yerushalmi's analysis of Shariah-Compliant Finance.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Into the fire