President Joe Biden recently announced he is appointing Jerome Powell for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Biden said he valued Powell’s “independence.”
This perpetuates a silly myth – that the Fed is an “independent institution” above the political fray.
For Further Reading
How the Fed Wrecks the Economy
The Constitutionality of a National Bank: Hamilton vs. Jefferson
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