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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/business/25profile.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1130225402-Y7gX58uZjzFUoUpcrFFKlwWhite House Gamble Pays for a Princeton Professor
By LOUIS UCHITELLE and EDUARDO PORTER
No one seems to know the exact political views of Ben S. Bernanke, President Bush's pick for the next Federal Reserve chairman.
Even before President Bush named Ben S. Bernanke as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers this spring, Mr. Bernanke decided to gamble. He sold his home in New Jersey last year and told friends that, instead of returning to a tenured professorship at Princeton University, he was taking a chance that President Bush would elevate him from obscurity as a Federal Reserve governor to a top political appointment.
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But while Washington policy making may be Mr. Bernanke's newly chosen field, no one seems to have a clear idea what his political views are, other than the fact that he is a registered Republican. Mr. Greenspan took strong political positions, using his pulpit at the Fed to promote Social Security private accounts and to sell the president's tax cuts. Mr. Bernanke, in contrast, has been muted on such political hot potatoes even as the president's chief economic adviser.
Now, as he moves to the Fed, he is likely to steer the central bank away from the broader political debate. "One can expect Bernanke to adhere strictly to a more silent stance regarding issues outside of monetary policy," said Kevin A. Hassett, director of Economic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute..........