I came across an interesting classification of opinionists in the context of the raging debate on climate change – calamitists and denialists at the two extremes and warners and skeptics somewhere in the middle. 6 Through the crisis, there have been similar voices in the context of the role of markets.
We at the Federal Reserve are proud of our relationship with  1  Blinder, Alan S, (1994), "Interview with Alan S. Blinder," The Region, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, December, 1994. 2  Bernanke, Ben (2006), "A Message from Chairman Bernanke," Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, July, 2006.