I can still stop this ... -- Prelude. Main Street ; In the groves of academe ; Governor ; In the maestro's orchestra ; The subprime spark ; Rookie season -- The crisis. First tremors, first response ; One step forward ; The end of the beginning ; Bear Stearns : before Asia opens ; Fannie and...

"This is a ground-breaking look at Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke, the man steering the U.S. economy through the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depresion, and the ways which the challenges facing Bernanke were created, in large part, by his predecessor, Alan Greenspan"--Cover p. 4

"An examination of the challenges facing Fed chair Ben Bernanke as he addresses the problems affecting the U.S. economy inherited from his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, informed by a historical look at how other central bankers have dealt with similar crises" - Provided by publisher