The Courage to Act : A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath by Ben S. Bernanke (2015, Hardcover)

Bernanke's mind on paper

The 2008 crisis has been well studied now and 3rd party evaluations have confirmed or clarified what Bernanke and others have made public. This is one of three perspectives from the leaders who repaired the problems.

From a hardbound book perspective: paper, cover and print quality, Bernanke 2015 is the best of the three followed by Geithner 2014, Paulson 2010, I have all first edition printings, with this as a closed out NOS. The paper in Paulson's book is yellowing from age.

Bernanke offers the technical perspective of crisis and is fairly dry reading, Paulson's the political and human aspect and first to be released, and Geithner a little of both, but leads as a more emotional and human side of being hit by daily recurring huge problems the week it began.Read full review

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