Ben Bernanke gave a speech Monday afternoon at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy, followed by a Q&A. In addition to questions from the audience, Bernanke took questions from Twitter via the hashtag #FordSchoolBernanke. Below is our liveblog of the event: University of Michigan staff have taken the podium to introduce Bernanke. Bernanke is now taking the stage. Bernanke says there are two big fiscal issues we need to think about. The first is the long-term sustainability of our debt. Bernanke said the second issue in some ways sounds contradictory to the first: we want to avoid fiscal ... (full story)