Scholars have long debated the extent to which the Supreme Court responds to the whims of public opinion. Do the Justices push public opinion forward, or do they take current public opinion into account when writing their opinions? Brown vs. Board of Education was an instance in which the Court...

Given the current financial crisis, renewed interest in monetary policy and central bank independence seems highly appropriate. This paper proposes an evaluation of International Monetary Fund (IMF) policy. Beginning in the mid-to-late 1990s, the IMF increased the frequency with which it...