# Prof. Lawrence White discusses Ben Bernanke's legacy at the Federal Reserve

1 Faculty News October 9, 2013 ![Marketplace Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketplace_logo.jpg?itok=IIav3Udj)>

Excerpt from [Marketplace](http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/legacy-ben-bernanke) -- "[White](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white) says Bernanke’s daring moves kept the economy from going off a cliff. At the same time, he says, Bernanke broke with convention to change the culture of the notoriously cryptic Fed, making it 'a more open, less mysterious place.'”

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