Ben Bernanke, the nominee to replace Alan Greenspan this month as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board, is a highly capable economist who has devoted his professional life to understanding the historical role of central banks and the problems that they have faced. His views represent, as much as can be expected, a consensus among those who have studied the issues carefully.
本月将替代格林斯潘出任美联储主席的本·贝南克是一位非常能干的经济学家，他毕生都用来研究中央银行的作用和它们所面对的问题。他的观点代表了对这个问题有过深入研究的学者们的共同看法。