Money and the state: Historical and current perspectives on the independence of central banks

Livestream at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in cooperation with vhs.wissen live

The power and scope of action of central banks have increased enormously in the years since the global financial crisis of 2008.

The return of high inflation also poses a new challenge for these institutions. Have they become too powerful and too independent of governments or, on the contrary, are they too subordinate to them?

Economic historians Harold James and Eric Monnet discuss whether and how history can shed light on these pressing political and economic questions.

Harold James, a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in 2023/2024, is Professor of History and International Relations at Princeton University and a recognized expert on European and global economic history with a special focus on Germany.

Eric Monnet, a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in 2023/2024, is an economist and economic historian at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris and specializes, among other things, in the history and active role of central banks.

Introduction: Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) and Claus Lüdenbach (vhs.wissen live)

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