Bernanke Wants the U.S. President to Declare “Economic Emergencies” in Future Crises steve_watson Posted on March 4, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Economics, Featured Stories, Tile Presidents should get the power to declare economic emergencies along the lines to declare war, said former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email