The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath (Ben S. Bernanke)
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The Courage to Act is a memoir by Ben S. Bernanke, who served as chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. The book focuses on the global financial crisis of 2007 to 2008 and the early years of the Great Recession, explaining how the Federal Reserve responded to a breakdown in credit markets, collapsing financial institutions, and severe economic contraction. It combines personal recollection with policy history, making it part memoir, part insider account of crisis management, and part defense of the Fed’s actions. Bernanke describes the intense pressure of leading the central bank through emergency lending, bank rescues, and unconventional monetary policy such as quantitative easing. He also reflects on institutional transparency, regulatory shortcomings, and the challenge of making decisions under uncertainty. The book is aimed at readers interested in economics, finance, public policy, and modern American history.