Eli Marty🇺🇸

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.