Person of the Year 2009: Ben Bernanke Posted byRussian_Village December 16, 2009 Leave a comment on Person of the Year 2009: Ben Bernanke Person of the Year 2009: Ben Bernanke from TIME.com: Top Stories The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. Thank the man who runs the Federal Reserve, our mild-mannered economic overlord