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Clearing up the mystique of central banking

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imageSouth African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago is the third since the bank adopted a more transparent way of operating.Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

When the Bank of England’s former governor, Mervyn King, was relatively new at the British central bank, he asked the legendary Paul Volcker for advice on how to be a central banker.

The former...

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Patriot Act meltdown: surveillance, politics and Rand Paul

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imageExasperating both the White House and the Republican leadership Handout/Reuters

Editor’s note: On Sunday at midnight, three key provisions of the Patriot Act, including section 215 (the law the government uses to collect phone and other business records in bulk) expired. The man at the center of the political drama on Capitol Hill was...

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