Who is Ben Bernanke from Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialSystem--and Themselves and what is their importance?

Ben Bernanke was the chairman of the Federal Reserve. He had an academic background, which included an expertise in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Bernanke was one of the key public officials who came up with the TARP plan to support the failing financial industry.