Public Events
“The Laws and Norms of Central Bank Independence: Where We Are, Where We Are Headed” ECB/ESCB Legal Conference 2026, European Central Bank, September 28, 2026 (keynote)
“Keynote Address, 2026 Federal Reserve Financial and Monetary History Conference” Federal Reserve Bank of New York, May 6, 2026
“Private Finance, Public Power: A Free Talk on the History of Bank Supervision in America” Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library, April 27, 2026 (with Sean Vanatta)
“Ninth Annual Wharton Financial Regulation Conference” The Wharton School, April 10, 2026 (co-organizer)
“US banking supervision in long-term perspective” Bruegel, April 7, 2026 (with Nicolas Véron)
“Book Talk: Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America” Princeton University, March 31, 2026 (with Sean Vanatta and Alan Blinder)
“UBS OneASEAN Summit 2026” UBS, Singapore, March 2026
“The Role of Bank Supervision, The Evolving Landscape of Bank Funding” Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Atlanta, and Cleveland, October 31, 2025
“The history of bank supervision in America and the road ahead” Brookings, June 10, 2025
“Debanking: The Newest Threat to Free Speech and Religious Liberty?” The Federalist Society, July 30, 2024
“Keynote Address, Central Banking in a Time of Crisis: An International and Interdisciplinary Perspective” Wisconsin International Law Journal Symposium, University of Wisconsin Law School, April 12, 2024
“Navigating the Capital Adequacy Rule: Legal and Policy Perspectives” The Federalist Society, April 10, 2024
“Capital, liquidity and politics: Silicon Valley Bank one year later” American Banker Leaders, March 12, 2024
“How (in)effective is US banking supervision?” Peterson Institute for International Economics, June 14, 2023 (with Rosa Lastra and Nicolas Véron)
“Should the ceiling on deposit insurance be lifted? A debate” Brookings, April 5, 2023
“Peter Conti-Brown on Central Banks” Administrative Law and Governance Colloquium, Université de Montréal, April 4, 2023
“Understanding the Banking Crisis” The Wharton School (LinkedIn Live), March 30, 2023 (with Joao Gomes and Susan Wachter)
“A debate: Should crypto be regulated by the federal government?” Brookings, December 20, 2022
“Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists” The Wharton School, October 17–19, 2022
“How to make real-time payments real now” Brookings, September 22, 2020
“The Myth of an Independent Federal Reserve: A Conversation with Peter Conti-Brown” Law & Liberty, March 4, 2020
“The Constitutionality of Independent Agencies: The CFPB” The Federalist Society, August 25, 2016
“The Fed in the 21st century: Independence, governance, and accountability” Brookings, March 2, 2015
Testimony
“Strengthening Accountability at the Federal Reserve: Lessons and Opportunities for Reform” U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, May 17, 2023
Podcasts
“Should AI Companies Be Supervised Like Banks?” Knowledge at Wharton: This Week in Business, August 19, 2026
“Peter Conti-Brown and David Beckworth on All Things Financial Regulation” Macro Musings Podcast, May 4, 2026
“What is Going on at the Federal Reserve? A Conversation with Peter Conti-Brown” The Long View with Julian Zelizer, April 30, 2026
“Central Banking in the Age of AI: Independence, Oversight, and the Value of Human Judgment” Policy Sandbox, Visa Economic Empowerment Institute, March 18, 2026
“Peter Conti-Brown on a New Fed-Treasury Accord” Macroeconomic Policy Nexus with David Beckworth, March 6, 2026
“The Fed Chair Transition and the Future of Central Bank Independence” Knowledge at Wharton: This Week in Business, January 9, 2026
“In the Bleak Midwinter: A Christmas Reading by Peter Conti-Brown” Faith Matters Podcast, December 21, 2025
“Professor Peter Conti-Brown on the threats facing the Federal Reserve under Trump 2.0” The Long View with Julian Zelizer, September 12, 2025
“Fed independence? Here’s why you should worry. With Peter Conti-Brown” The Economics Show, Financial Times, September 5, 2025
“The Fed’s Independence on Trial” Macroeconomic Policy Nexus with David Beckworth, September 2, 2025
“Private Finance, Public Power | Peter Conti-Brown” Knowledge at Wharton: Ripple Effect, June 24, 2025
“Peter Conti-Brown and Sean Vanatta on the History of Bank Supervision in America” Macro Musings Podcast, June 9, 2025
“Should the Fed Really Be Independent? With Peter Conti-Brown” Marketcraft with Chris Hughes, June 5, 2025
“The Fight for Fed Independence in a Politicized Economy” Knowledge at Wharton: This Week in Business, April 25, 2025
“The Fed’s Inflation Playbook” Knowledge at Wharton: This Week in Business, February 13, 2025
“Peter Conti-Brown on the Fed under Trump 2.0, Reforming the Discount Window, and Providential Moments” Macro Musings Podcast, January 20, 2025
“Gensler v Trump: an interview with the most controversial man in American finance” The Economist: Money Talks, July 31, 2024
“Buy the People: Two visions, one rule—How Basel injected populism into bank capital” Bankshot, American Banker, April 11, 2024
“What Can We Learn From the First Republic Bank Failure?” Knowledge at Wharton: This Week in Business, May 11, 2023
“Kate Judge and Peter Conti-Brown on the Lessons Learned from the 2023 Banking Panic” Macro Musings Podcast, April 3, 2023
“What Went Wrong at SVB?” The Economist: Money Talks, March 16, 2023
“Peter Conti-Brown on the Legal and Regulatory Issues Facing the Fed and Financial Markets” Macro Musings Podcast, February 27, 2023
“Why the Fed Is Walking an Inflation-recession Tightrope” Knowledge at Wharton, August 2, 2022
“Peter Conti-Brown on the Fed Trading Scandal, the Fed Chair Nomination Process, and Central Bank Governance” Macro Musings Podcast, October 18, 2021
“The Myth of an Independent Federal Reserve: A Conversation with Peter Conti-Brown” The Law and Liberty Podcast, February 25, 2021
“Peter Conti-Brown on the CARES Act and the Expanding Fed-Treasury Relationship in Response to COVID-19” Macro Musings Podcast, April 6, 2020
“Peter Conti-Brown on Restoring the Promise of Federal Reserve Governance” Macro Musings Podcast, January 6, 2020
“Peter Conti-Brown Discusses US Financial History” Masters in Business Podcast, September 26, 2018
“Peter Conti-Brown on *The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve*” Macro Musings Podcast, December 5, 2016