, Columnist
Conspiracy Theories and the Fed
Maybe all that money is what does it.
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Why is the Federal Reserve the subject of so many conspiracy theories? That is one of the favorite research topics of Peter Conti-Brown, a financial historian and legal scholar at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and this week’s guest on Masters in Business. He also researches central banking, financial regulation and public finance, with a particular focus on the history and policies of the Federal Reserve System. His most recent book is “The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve.”