When it came to financial failure, there was no one in Washington – or on earth – who had masterminded more disastrous policies or produced more erroneous forecasts than Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Had he been an imperial soothsayer in a medieval court he would have lost his head or, at best, he’d be [...] The Chairman of the Federal Reserve is Clueless originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning . The Daily Reckoning provides 400,000+ readers economic news, market analysis, and contrarian investment ideas. Follow the Daily Reckoning on Facebook .