While Mr. Bernanke may be hearing a fair amount of cat calls from the crowd these days regarding the effectiveness of his adventures in quantitative easing, his detractors (a group that seems to be growing with each uptick in bond yields) may be missing the point.

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We are not convinced that these largely quantitative performance indicators will provide a meaningful assessment of the Organisation's effectiveness.

UNESCO: Speech to UNESCO General Conference 2009 - Bryan Gould