Event Highlight

Unelected Power: The Search for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State

Posted Oct 23 2022

October 18, 2018 | The School of International and Public Affairs

A discussion on the role of independent central banks in modern democratic states. Spurred by Paul Tucker’s new book, the discussion explores what it means for central banks to be independent agencies, the evolution of central bank authority and state of central bank independence today.

Organizers: Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia Law School, and Columbia Business School, Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy.

Agenda

Administrative Law, Delegated Authorities and Central Banking

  • Peter Conti-Brown, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
  • Barney Frank, former U.S. House of Representatives
  • Gillian Metzger, Columbia Law School
  • Roberta Romano, Yale Law School

Central Bank Independence, Governance and Policymaking

Book Talk: Unelected Power: The Search for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State             

  • Paul Tucker, Harvard Kennedy School and Systemic Risk Council
  • Sharyn O’Halloran, Columbia University
  • Adam Tooze, Columbia University