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  • Why and How is Bernanke responsible for a recession?

    I'll agree he's being set up as teh fall guy, but the role of the Federal Reserve, by design, is too limited to be reponsible for the whole economy. And who says a recession is the worst thing in the world? It seems to me many of the problems we are facing now are the result of tryin to avoid earlier recessions or problems.

    This notion that the economy can never contract is rediculous.