Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State
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Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State
By (Author) Paul Tucker
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
18th November 2019
2nd edition
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
332.1
Physical Properties
Paperback
664
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
How central banks and independent regulators can support rather than challenge constitutional democracy Unelected Power lays out the principles needed to ensure that central bankers and other independent regulators act as stewards of the common good. Blending economics, political theory, and public law, this critically important book explores the necessary conditions for delegated but politically insulated power to be legitimate in the eyes of constitutional democracy and the rule of law. It explains why the solution must fit with how real-world government is structured, and why technocrats and their political overseers need incentives to make the system work as intended. Now with a new preface by Paul Tucker, Unelected Power explains how the regulatory state need not be a fourth branch of government free to steer by its own lights, and how central bankers can emulate the best of judicial self-restraint.
Reviews
"One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018"
"One of Marketwatch's Nonfiction Best of 2018 Books"
Author Bio
Paul Tucker is a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and chair of the Systemic Risk Council.
