[Séminaire général du CEE] Monetary Policy as if Democracy Mattered

Sciences Po, 13 rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris & Zoom

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Based on her forthcoming book, Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Mattered, Leah Downey will give a talk arguing against central bank independence as currently constituted. Focusing on the U.S. case, Downey offers a principled case against central bank independence by both challenging the economic theory behind the institution and developing a democratic case for sustaining the power of the legislature to determine who can create money and on what terms.

Speaker

Leah Downey is a political theorist with interests in the politics of economic theory, economic policymaking, and the administrative state. She has B.A.s in Mathematics and Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MSc in Economics & Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD in Government from Harvard University.

Discussant

Lea Dornacher, Sciences Po, CEE & CDSP

Chair

Colin Hay, Sciences Po, CEE