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Book Bits | 26 May 2018

Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State
By Paul Tucker
Review via Reuters Breakingviews
How much influence should central bankers wield in a democracy? That’s the question Paul Tucker ponders in “Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State”… Central bankers are being sucked into deeply political decisions over how the government is financed, and how income is distributed. Yet these “overmighty citizens” have no electoral legitimacy. At the same time, frustrated voters in the West have turned to demagogues. As a result, central bank independence is under threat.
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