Today, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth released a statement imploring Congress to immediately pass a “multifaceted relief bill of a magnitude commensurate with the challenges our economy faces.” Led by Ben Bernanke, former chair of the Federal Reserve and distinguished fellow in residence at The Brookings Institution, Heather Boushey, president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and Cecilia Rouse, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, the statement is endorsed by more than 100 scholars, including two former chairs of the Federal ... (full story)