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The Federal Reserve

Why is central bank independence so important, anyway?

by Tracey Samuelson

Jul 8, 2019

Economist Arthur Laffer said the Fed should be "subjected to democracy." But what would that look like?

A view of the U.S.'s central bank, the Federal Reserve, in Washington D.C.

Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

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