December 10, 2019<br /><br />Politics, Fed Independence, and Paul Volcker<br /><br />Featuring Sir Paul Tucker and Caleb O. Brown<br /><br />The Federal Reserve is nominally independent, but the enormous pressure often aimed at Fed chairs past indicates that it's not that simple. Sir Paul Tucker is author of Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State.<br /><br />You can support the Cato Daily Podcast and the Cato Institute by becoming a Podcast Sponsor.<a href="https://www.cato.org/PodcastSponsor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.cato.org/PodcastSponsor</a><br /><br /><br />Learn more: <a href="https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/politics-fed-independence-paul-volcker" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/politics-fed-independence-paul-volcker</a><br /><br /><br />Want to find the Cato Institute elsewhere on the internet?<br /><br /><br />Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CatoInstitute/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/CatoInstitute/</a><br />Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/CatoInstitute" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/CatoInstitute</a><br />Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/CatoInstitute/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/CatoInstitute/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gjukyuWg-I" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gjukyuWg-I</a>