Monetary Policy as If Inflation Hardly Matters.
The article reviews Leah Downey's "Our Money: Monetary Policy as If Democracy Matters," which argues for stronger congressional control over the Federal Reserve to democratize monetary policy, even at the expense of low inflation or conventional economic efficiency. Topics include central bank indep...
| Published in: | Independent Review Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 521 - 532 |
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| Format: | Literary Criticism |
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Independent Institute
Winter2025/2026
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