Blanchflower talks global central banks with Bloomberg TV

By The Dartmouth Web Staff | 1/6/12 3:33pm

Economics professor David Blanchflower, a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talked about the performance of central bank heads and the impact of quantitative easing on the financial crisis. Blanchflower spoke with Scarlet Fu and Sara Eisen on Bloomberg Television, assigning these leaders grades.

Grades:

Mario Draught B-, "Do Something"

Jean-Claude Trichet F, "Does Exactly the Wrong Thing"

Ben Bernanke, A, "Best Scholar"

Mervyn King, B

Blanchflower is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a former Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member.


The Dartmouth Web Staff