Toggle Menu

Vote of Confidence, Sort of

Somewhere between cranky and skanky... Sentiments about Ben Bernanke.

Calvin Trillin

January 27, 2010

Some populists have gotten cranky About the Fed boss, Ben Bernanke. His policies, they say, just stank Unless you’re working for a bank. The White House says we’ve Ben to thank: We could be further in the tank. There’re some who say, “Yes, banks are skanky, But we must stick with Ben Bernanke.”

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


Latest from the nation