Bernanke: Dump Jackson, Not Hamilton, on US Currency

Bernanke wrote that adding a woman is “a fine idea, but it shouldn’t come at Hamilton’s expense.”

6/22/2015|Updated: 6/22/2015

WASHINGTON—Former Federal Reserve chief-turned blogger Ben Bernanke is calling for the U.S. Treasury to abandon plans to drop Alexander Hamilton from his featured spot on the $10 bill and to dump Andrew Jackson from the $20 instead.

Bernanke wrote Monday that he is “appalled” by Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew’s plans to replace Hamilton with a woman. In a post titled “Say it ain’t so, Jack,” Bernanke wrote that adding a woman is “a fine idea, but it shouldn’t come at Hamilton’s expense.”