Money and the Rule of Law by Boettke, Peter J.; Salter, Alexander William; Smith, Daniel J.;

Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions

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Publisher Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication 3 June 2021

ISBN 9781108790840
Binding Paperback
No. of pages212 pages
Size 230x150x13 mm
Weight 310 g
Language English

Short description:

A novel argument that shows how rules work better than discretion when implementing monetary policy.

Long description:

Contemporary monetary institutions are flawed at a foundational level. The reigning paradigm in monetary policy holds up constrained discretion as the preferred operating framework for central banks. But no matter how smart or well-intentioned are central bankers, discretionary policy contains information and incentive problems that make macroeconomic stability systematically unlikely. Furthermore, central bank discretion implicitly violates the basic jurisprudential norms of liberal democracy. Drawing on a wide body of scholarship, this volume presents a novel argument in favor of embedding monetary institutions into a rule of law framework. The authors argue for general, predictable rules to provide a sturdier foundation for economic growth and prosperity. A rule of law approach to monetary policy would remedy the flaws that resulted in misguided monetary responses to the 2007-8 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the case for true monetary rules is the first step toward creating more stable monetary institutions.

'A profound and highly original assessment of monetary policy and its inseparable connection to the rule of law, a key principal of economic freedom. This is a great read, carefully researched with telling quotes from top policy makers. It dissects tough monetary problems into easy-to-understand pieces - objectives, instruments, targets, and models. It candidly describes political pressures on the Fed with hard evidence from past to present. It creatively uses the great ideas of Hayek, Friedman, and Buchanan to confront the weaker scholarship of today. Most ominously, it warns that Fed is once again expanding its reach and thereby threatening the rule of law.' John Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Knowledge problems with discretionary monetary policy; 3. Incentive problems with discretionary central banking; 4. When firefighters are arsonists; 5. On the shoulders of giants: monetary policy insights of the classically liberl Nobel Laurates; 6. Money and the rule of law; 7. Conclusion: money and liberalism in the 21st century.

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