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Restoring the Promise of Federal Reserve Governance

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The U.S. Federal Reserve System is infamous for its organizational opacity. Its many committees, shared governance across public and private sectors, and partial insulation from the day-to-day of political pressures have brought a sustained critique of ho

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  • Conti-Brown, Peter, 2020. "Restoring the Promise of Federal Reserve Governance," Working Papers 09999, George Mason University, Mercatus Center.
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    1. Perry Mehrling, 2002. "Retrospectives: Economists and the Fed: Beginnings," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 16(4), pages 207-218, Fall.
    2. Peter Conti-Brown & Simon Johnson, 2013. "Governing the Federal Reserve System after the Dodd-Frank Act," Policy Briefs PB13-25, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
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