Adolph illustrates the policy differences between central banks run by former bankers relative to those run by bureaucrats.

Most studies of the political economy of money focus on the laws protecting central banks from government interference; this book turns to the overlooked people

Government bailouts; negative interest rates and markets that do not behave as economic models tell us they should; new populist and nationalist movements that

Tucker presents guiding principles for ensuring that central bankers and other unelected policymakers remain stewards of the common good.

In 1943, Lebanon gained its formal political independence from France; only after two more decades did the country finally establish a national central bank. In