“The increasing hostility of the Republicans to the Fed and to me personally troubled me, particularly since I had been appointed by a Republican president who had supported our actions during the crisis. I tried to listen carefully and accept thoughtful criticisms. But it seemed to me that the crisis had helped to radicalize large parts of the Republican Party.”
— Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, in his new book, The Courage to Act, on leaving the Republican party.
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