The project involves interviews with leading Italian and Swedish politicians and central bankers, who were involved in deciding on the reforms that made central banks more independent of the political system, on how they view these reforms today. What were the benefits? What were the disadvantages? Is it time for new reforms? Having lived in both worlds - the world of economists and the world of politicians - I think I am well placed to understand both. I also know the politicians who were mainly responsible for the Swedish reform in 1998/1999. With the help of Lars EO Svensson and Lars Jonung, both of whom have promised to act as my reference persons, and with the help of a number of Italian economists I know, I believe I have a good chance of interviewing others as well. My intention is to compile the results and present them at ESHET's (European Society for the History of Economic Thought, of which I am a member) annual conference in Rome May 14-16, 2015.