The author argues the Federal Reserve and Treasury are merely two arms of the same sovereign and should be consolidated into a single balance sheet, with policy constraints enforced by rules rather than by maintaining separate 'books.' He claims the reform can be price‑neutral—leaving portfolios roughly unchanged—while exposing how current complexity masks fiscal‑monetary realities.
— It challenges central‑bank independence and reframes fiscal and monetary policy as one sovereign accounting problem rather than two institutions in dialogue.
Thomas Fazi
2025.09.04
78% relevant
By asserting the Fed is a 'creature of the state' created and bounded by Congress (citing Humphrey‑Hawkins, a 1982 congressional threat, and Bernanke’s 'we'll do whatever Congress tells us' line), the article undercuts the notion of a truly independent central bank, echoing the existing argument that Fed–Treasury separation is more fiction than law.
Curtis Yarvin
2025.08.03
100% relevant
“Why should we merge Treasury and the Fed? … because they are two arms of the same organization—the US Government… two sets of books.”
Curtis Yarvin
2025.06.03
90% relevant
The article asserts 'the division between Treasury and the Fed is administrative and externally irrelevant' and treats consolidation as step one of a national restructuring—directly mirroring the proposal to treat Fed and Treasury as a single sovereign balance sheet.