Renovating the Federal Reserve: A Modern Versailles on the Mall

Andy Levin is an advisor to many central banks around the world and professor of economics at Dartmouth College. Andy returns to the show for a special bonus episode to discuss his pervious appearance and accompanying policy brief where he calls for an independent inspector general at the Federal Reserve.

Check out the transcript for this week’s episode, now with links.

Recorded on June 10th, 2025

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:48) – Federal Reserve and an Independent Inspector General

(00:06:50) – Palace of Versailles on the Mall

(00:16:20) – Accountability of the Fed

(00:19:21) – Outro