This article looks at the current crop of top central bankers and asks who will secure their place in history as a trustworthy custodian of the economy? Timing is everything, and while Alan Greenspan would have been a "no contest" winner three years ago, the articles quest for an eternal central banker ends up in France, via London and Tokyo. "Unlikely as it may seem, prospects are probably brightest for Jean-Claude Trichet" who the article describes as a supreme politician with the chance to