Placing a female on the image on the ten dollar bill is an affront to a key central bank supporter, a former central banker wrote today. Demoting the symbol of the creation of the central bank economic planning committee, Alexander Hamilton, whose face currently is planted on the $10 bill, while keeping early central bank critic, Andrew Jackson, who currently adorns the $20 bill, is a crime that cannot go without debate. Ben Bernanke: Hamilton was responsible for setting up system similar to the Eurozone currency In a blog post today, Ben Bernanke came to the defense of Hamilton, noting that…
Ben Bernanke Defends Hamilton On $10 Bill And Central Bank Honor
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.