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On Monday the Sveriges Riksbank prize (the Nobel Prize for Economics) was awarded to Ben Bernanke. We can trace the last century of American economics in his life's work. He's often described as the saviour of the last recession. But what about this one?

Today programme presenter Nick Robinson brought up a tweet from a TV leadership debate on July 15, where Mr Hands said: 'Rishi speaks out against more debt and “fairytale” economics'.

The Senate economics committee will today hear from financial counsellors, consumer advocates and the complaints authority on the proposed changes and problems within the sector.

In the 1990s, Russia embraced an extreme economics that led to chaos and corruption. Now, writes the maker of explosive new series TraumaZone, Liz Truss is taking Britain down the same toxic path

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Shortages at fuel stations due to a refinery workers’ strike continue to impact drivers across France, resulting in long queues. TotalEnergies, which runs about a third of the country's service stations, has offered to advance pay talks but unions remain firm in their strike action. Plus, former Fed chairman Ben…

Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, along with Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H.

Diamond, who studied the effects of bank runs and financial meltdowns, shares this year’s prize with co-author Philip Dybvig and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Head of US central bank from 2006-14 awarded prize alongside economists Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig

Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke and two U.S.-based colleagues won the 2022 Nobel Prize in economics for their research into banking and financial crises.

Bernanke was able to put theory into practice as chairman of the Federal Reserve.