Chapter 10: The social sources of unelected power: how central banks became entrapped by infrastructural power and what this can tell us about how (not) to democratize them

The 'unconventional' monetary policies of the past decade have re-opened the debate about central banks' accountability and the nature and sources of their legitimacy. Unprecedented quantitative easing and asset purchasing programmes have demonstrated that central banks possess consid...

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Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2022
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