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

by Paul Tucker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691196303
• ISBN13: 9780691196305
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 664 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.8" x 6.6" x 9.6"