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The Fed and the U.S. Constitution: Too Much Independence?
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Suiter, Mary C.; Schug, Mark C. – Social Education, 2012
Central banking in the United States has a long and controversial history dating back to the earliest days of the republic. One of the most widely presented arguments against a central bank has been that the U.S. Constitution does not expressly grant the federal government power to charter a bank. Recently, this issue has received new scrutiny in…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Banking, United States History, Power Structure