The Story of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke a Lot Like 'The Godfather'

Ryan McKee, Asylum's resident genius, analyzes the latest Internet trends.

Time magazine has named Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke as its "Person of the Year." Economic nerds everywhere cheered, while the rest of America ran to Google to figure out exactly what it is that Bernanke does.

Unfortunately, even Wikipedia won't help you out there. Many economists can't even agree on what the role of the Fed chairman is or what they themselves do either. Perhaps Time honored him just because they wanted to look smart? Well, thankfully trend investigator Ryan McKee is here to explain Bernanke's position with the aid of an analogy to the ever-useful "Godfather" ...