"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

Let ol' Lehman go : the pivotal weekend of September 12-14, 2008 -- "Periodical financial debauches" : the long-forgotten history of the Fed -- Age of delusion : what Greenspan wrought -- There are Jews in Boston, too : who is Ben Bernanke? -- Pas de deux : the great panic begins in August 2007...

"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