The AlchemistsBy: Neil Irwin The inside story of the worlds most powerful central bankersand the most intense exercise in economic crisis management the world has ever seen Suddenly, without warning, in August 2007, three men who had never been elected to public office found themselves the most powerful people in the world. They were the leaders of the worlds three most important central banks: Ben Bernanke of the U. S. Federal Reserve, Mervyn King of the Bank of