Unelected Power by Paul Tucker

Unelected Power by Paul Tucker

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

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Unelected Power by Paul Tucker

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.
"One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018"
"One of Marketwatch's Nonfiction Best of 2018 Books"
Paul Tucker is a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and chair of the Systemic Risk Council.
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ISBN 13 9780691196305
ISBN 10 0691196303
Title Unelected Power
Author Paul Tucker
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Princeton University Press
Year published 2019-09-10
Number of pages 664
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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