Wednesday, January 30, 2013

‘Central Banks’ Autonomy is an Overrated Fiction’

....I believe the autonomy of central banks is a fiction. I also believe it is much overrated. The question in the political economy of central banking is “independent of whom?” central banks are deeply political institutions and it is disingenuous to pretend otherwise. The struggle to determine how they should allocate credit and to whom is very emotion-charged and important to examine closely. Should central banks be independent of humans in the name of some abstract notion called price stability? If so then what is the value of price stability in bettering the lives of the citizens? .......

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