He seeded what became a very substantial stock portfolio by paying utility bills in person during his lunch hour in order to invest the money he saved on stamps.
With Congress barely able to orderlunch without inciting gridlock, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has played an outsized role in deciding how to create jobs and growth in an economy with too little of either.
Shortly before then I had turned down an offer of home-cooked delicious lunch by my wife in order to have enough free space in my stomach for the anticipated banquet.