Bernanke Bombs at Harvard

Poor Ben.

“These, obviously, are not the kind of topics chosen by many recent Class Day speakers,” Bernanke said. “But, then, the class marshals presumably knew what they were getting when they invited an economist.”
While the class marshals may have known what they were getting, it seemed many of the seniors present did not.
“I’m annoyed, I’m irritated. I just think that a person who speaks for the class should be able to impart words from experience, especially someone who has risen so much and has come so far, from right where we are,” said Jennifer C. Arcila ’08, who was among the steady trickle heading out before the speech finished.

Here’s the speech.
(Via: Mankiw.)

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on June 5th, 2008 at 9:07 am

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