But they did not mean it as a compliment to Adolf Hitler. It was more as a measure of his influence.
But in this case Time writes:
"The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. Thank the man who runs the Federal Reserve, our mild-mannered economic overlord." -Time
overlord
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What in the world? These people are just idiots...he’s not my overlord! Furthermore, we’re not talking about some fantasy game here..
Well, Time might have a point if you strictly only look at 2009. Ben saved short-term pain during 2009 and kicked the can to 2010. It’s easy to win person of the year if you are allowed to borrow from our doomed future to save today. 2009 loves Ben Bernanke, but the immediate years after 2009 hate his pompous guts.
“THE ECONOMY WAS FALLING OFF A CLIFF!”
“WE PULLED IT BACK FROM THE BRINK!!”
If I hear that one more time I’ll barf.
I believe when Hitler won it, he was very very popular with the left in this country. His economic policies were considered visionary by the far left (including FDR) They only turned against him when he attacked the Soviet Union.