Here is a link to Alan Blinder's beautifully written 1997 article in Foreign Affairs. Blinder had a unique perspective having served on both the President's economics advisory board and also on the Federal Reserve Board; one body being highly political, the other isolated from day to day politics.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1997-11-01/government-too-political
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1997-11-01/government-too-political
