Episode 2: Fed Up With Central Bank Independence?
Beyond Unprecedented: The Post-Pandemic Economy
The past year has seen growing challenges to the independence of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Lev Menand, associate professor of law at Columbia Law School, discusses the Trump administration’s legal fight to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the U.S. Department of Justice’s probe of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and the implications of political pressure on the Fed.
Speakers
Dorothy S. Lund
Professor of Law and Co-Director, Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership
Columbia Law School
Research Member
Eric Talley
Stern Professor of Law and Business; Co-Director, Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership
Columbia Law School
Research Member
Lev Menand
Lev Menand
Columbia Law School
