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Back to the roots: On the origins of the Fed's independence

Farvaque, Etienne (2010): Back to the roots: On the origins of the Fed's independence.

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Abstract

This note considers the foundations of the Federal Reserve Board's independence. Its origins are shown to reside in the American political philosophy, under which independence is an essential working condition for a perennial democracy.

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