Peter Conti-Brown is an associate professor of financial regulation and legal studies at the University of Pennsylvania and is a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution. Peter is also a returning guest to Macro Musings, and rejoins the podcast to talk about some of the big legal and regulatory issues facing the financial and monetary policy space today. Specifically, David and Peter discuss the debt ceiling crisis, Fed master accounts, the current state of cryptocurrency, the implications of the Federal Reserve Accountability Act, and the most significant court cases facing the central bank today.

Transcript for the episode can be found here.

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Related Links:

*The Contingent Origins of Financial Legislation* by Peter Conti-Brown and Brian Feinstein

*Let Crypto Burn* by Stephen Cecchetti and Kim Schoenholtz

*Mint the Coin? Buy Back Bonds? 7 ‘Gimmicks’ for Dodging the Debt Limit* by Jeff Stein

Peter Conti-Brown’s Bonus Segment with David Beckworth