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Fantastic interview!
The Authentic Judy Shelton:
I sat down with Judy Shelton, a longtime advocate for sound money who challenged the system from the inside.
My first documentary.
We cover:
• Gold’s return to the financial system
• Treasury Trust Bonds
• Fort Knox and the question of trust
• Stablecoins and the next evolution of money
+ much more.
This is about the future of money itself.
TIMESTAMPS:
(04:08) — Judy’s early career and how she first entered the world of sound money.
(04:40) — Her study of the Soviet collapse and what drew her to it.
(08:08) — How Judy’s book on the Soviet collapse connected her to Richard Nixon.
(11:42) — Nixon’s 1971 decision to end dollar convertibility into gold.
(12:06) — How ending Bretton Woods reshaped the global financial order.
(13:20) — Did 1971 fundamentally change the nature of money?
(14:09) — Judy’s first meeting with Paul Volcker in 1994.
(14:22) — Volcker’s role in ending 1970s inflation and the Bretton Woods anniversary context.
(15:46) — Did the world trade monetary discipline for flexibility after leaving gold?
(18:56) — Could digital finance help enable a common global unit of account?
(21:34) — Judy’s “solidus” idea and who could issue that type of stablecoin.
(25:52) — The belief that people deserve a more dependable reserve asset.
(26:17) — What Judy learned from her bruising 2020 Fed nomination fight.
(33:00) — The Washington machine protecting the status quo.
(33:40) — How Judy handled the attacks personally and how it affected her family.
(34:23) — Whether the Fed’s protection from scrutiny helped enable the inflation surge.
(34:47) — Jerome Powell, accountability, and the absence of consequences.
(35:24) — Why calls for Federal Reserve reform are now coming from the highest levels.
(36:58) — Who actually owns the Fed?
(38:15) — Fort Knox, transparency, and whether an audit is needed.
(39:35) — Would Judy support a live video walkthrough of Fort Knox?
(40:34) — Could Treasury Trust Bonds inspire other sovereign nations to follow?
(43:44) — Would America’s founders even recognize today’s monetary system?
(44:38) — The new Board of Peace and why Judy is interested in it.
(46:32) — Would Judy join the Board of Peace if asked?
(46:38) — What is at risk if monetary reform never happens?
(48:11) — The battle never ends.
The Authentic Judy Shelton:
A Maverick Economist Takes on Washington
The monetary system is being questioned… in real time.I sat down with Judy Shelton, a longtime advocate for sound money who challenged the system from the inside.
My first documentary.
We cover:
• Gold’s return to the financial system
• Treasury Trust Bonds
• Fort Knox and the question of trust
• Stablecoins and the next evolution of money
+ much more.
This is about the future of money itself.
TIMESTAMPS:
(04:08) — Judy’s early career and how she first entered the world of sound money.
(04:40) — Her study of the Soviet collapse and what drew her to it.
(08:08) — How Judy’s book on the Soviet collapse connected her to Richard Nixon.
(11:42) — Nixon’s 1971 decision to end dollar convertibility into gold.
(12:06) — How ending Bretton Woods reshaped the global financial order.
(13:20) — Did 1971 fundamentally change the nature of money?
(14:09) — Judy’s first meeting with Paul Volcker in 1994.
(14:22) — Volcker’s role in ending 1970s inflation and the Bretton Woods anniversary context.
(15:46) — Did the world trade monetary discipline for flexibility after leaving gold?
(18:56) — Could digital finance help enable a common global unit of account?
(21:34) — Judy’s “solidus” idea and who could issue that type of stablecoin.
(25:52) — The belief that people deserve a more dependable reserve asset.
(26:17) — What Judy learned from her bruising 2020 Fed nomination fight.
(33:00) — The Washington machine protecting the status quo.
(33:40) — How Judy handled the attacks personally and how it affected her family.
(34:23) — Whether the Fed’s protection from scrutiny helped enable the inflation surge.
(34:47) — Jerome Powell, accountability, and the absence of consequences.
(35:24) — Why calls for Federal Reserve reform are now coming from the highest levels.
(36:58) — Who actually owns the Fed?
(38:15) — Fort Knox, transparency, and whether an audit is needed.
(39:35) — Would Judy support a live video walkthrough of Fort Knox?
(40:34) — Could Treasury Trust Bonds inspire other sovereign nations to follow?
(43:44) — Would America’s founders even recognize today’s monetary system?
(44:38) — The new Board of Peace and why Judy is interested in it.
(46:32) — Would Judy join the Board of Peace if asked?
(46:38) — What is at risk if monetary reform never happens?
(48:11) — The battle never ends.
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