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EPISODE · Jan 19, 2026 · 1H 5M

Rethinking the Federal Reserve

from Politics and the Past: Desert Dialogues · host Center for American Institutions

This Monday, Dr. Rob Ferguson sat down with Nathanael Mickelson of the University of Georgia to discuss their newly published journal article!Dr. Ferguson and Mickelson discuss how the origins of the Federal Reserve are far more populist than we often think. In doing so, they encourage us to rethink the popular narrative surrounding the origins of today’s financial system.Read the article here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/equality-of-agriculture-robert-l-owen-country-banks-and-the-populists-federal-reserve/95DF9B86E1E91541144F075584FD1E39

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