Central Bank Independence After the Inflation is Gone

Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, discussed the independence of central banks April 18, 2016, as part of the Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series and the global conference, "The Changing Politics of Central Banking," held at Cornell on April 18-19. The event was organized by the Einaudi Center in collaboration with Meridian 180 and the Global Finance Initiative.