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Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money Paperback – Oct. 14 2025

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From financial crises, to pandemic price-spikes, to recurring cycles of inflation, everyone agrees: the economy has seen better days.

But as soon as pundits and politicians start discussing economics, things get murky. Most books ask more questions than they answer.

Most books...but not this one.

Judy Shelton—Senior Fellow at Independent Institute, former Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, and critically acclaimed monetary economist—has written a book with answers.

And not a moment too soon.

With clarity and moral courage, Shelton charts the course to a brighter future. She’s one of the few economists bold enough to challenge the inflationary policies of the Federal Reserve, emphasizing how today’s policies enrich elites at the expense of—you guessed it—poor and middle-class Americans. This, Shelton insists, must end. And it can end—easily.

But Shelton doesn’t stop there. Her vision is for not only America but also for people around the world. Global, economic upliftment, she insists, need not come at the expense of domestic prosperity. We can have both—but not without a sound and stable U.S. currency.

And history is very clear on this point. When the U.S. dollar is backed by gold, America prospers, and so does the rest of the world. In this book, Shelton casts a powerful vision that is as revolutionary as it is time-tested...a vision that shows how the future American dollar can perform as good as gold...

...or even better.

But this is no curmudgeonly demand to return to the gold standard of yore. Neither is it a demand to return to the Bretton Woods era. Instead, Shelton offers something new: an explanation of how we can use gold for a new international monetary order. Step by step, she lays out how gold can provide a universal measure of value across borders, create new financial opportunities, and dramatically increase prosperity around the world.

If you care about the poor, rich, and everyone in between, you have to read this book ... and discover:

· how price stability functions as the foundation for productive economic growth;

· how political freedom and economic freedom are fundamentally linked ... and how one cannot exist without the other;

· how to reconcile the stability of America’s domestic currency in a global context;

· the proper role of government in the economy;

· and much, much more ...

Writing with a sober but hopeful voice, Shelton is no ordinary economist. With grace, intellectual rigor, and unmatched passion, this book is a must-read for anyone invested in the future of the American—and global—economy. You'll walk away with more answers than questions—a rare experience for anyone who reads about monetary policy.

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“In her book Good as Gold, Judy Shelton explains what was lost after the gold-backed Bretton Woods system was abandoned by the Nixon administration. Stable money is a pillar of the supply-side agenda for achieving productive economic growth. We need a dollar that is a world currency, that’s for sure—one that provides a reliable store of value at home and is recognized as the world’s most respected monetary standard for international trade and investment. Judy Shelton shows us how to achieve both.” -- Arthur B. Laffer, Ph.D.

“A book more than worth its weight in gold. Shelton obliterates the wrong-headed, opportunity-killing ideas that currently have a vice-like grip on central bankers and economic policymakers. Then she lays out a new way forward to achieving sound money—the absolute requisite for a genuinely prosperous, free-market future. A masterful achievement.” -- Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief, Forbes Media

“In 1997, Judy Shelton’s mentor, the Nobel laureate Robert Mundell, proclaimed that ‘gold will be part of the international monetary system in the twenty-first century.’ In a clear and persuasive way, Shelton’s Good as Gold provides a road map for the United States to follow, leading the way to Mundell’s promised land.” -- Steve H. Hanke, professor of applied economics, Johns Hopkins University

“Judy Shelton’s brilliant plan for the redemption of the U.S. dollar couldn’t be timelier. A 24-karat broadside in the service of sound money, world prosperity, and—who dreamt it was possible?—the ennoblement of American politics.” -- James Grant, publisher, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer

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Judy Shelton is a senior fellow at Independent Institute, former chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, and former U.S. director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. She has provided testimony before the Senate and has been consulted on international monetary issues by the White House and the Pentagon. She holds a PhD in business administration from the University of Utah and received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. She is the author of multiple books and has written for the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independent Institute
Publication date ‏ : ‎ Oct. 14 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 159813390X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598133905
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 227 g
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Judy Shelton is an economist with expertise in global finance and monetary issues. She is co-Director of the Sound Money Project at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. Author of The Coming Soviet Crash (1989), Money Meltdown (1994), and Fixing the Dollar Now: Why US Money Lost Its Integrity and How We Can Restore It (2011), her international economics articles have been published by The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Nihon Keizai Shimbun and El Economista. She has given expert testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, Senate Banking, Senate Foreign Relations, House Banking, and House Foreign Affairs committees. She is a former senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford University) and was professor of international finance at DUXX Graduate School of Business in Monterrey, Mexico. She was a staff economist for the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform chaired by Jack Kemp (1995-96) and has served on the boards of Hilton Hotels and Atlantic Coast Airlines. In January 2010 she was named Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy, she is the Board’s regional expert on Russia, Ukraine and Belarus and also serves on the Budget and Audit Committee. Dr. Shelton holds a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Utah.

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futuresbroker
MUST READ FOR EVERYONE CONCERNED WITH INFLATION!!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2024
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This book should be required reading for each and every member of Congress, the Senate, the Federal judiciary and every citizen who is tired of having the Federal Reserve and the Treasury slowly but certainly steal the value of our fiat currency. If you have enough financial literacy to know the "rule of 72", you can do the simple math and determine that the Fed's "target rate" of 2% inflation means that a baby born today who gets a dollar for her piggy bank will have a dollar that is only worth $.25 on her 72nd birthday.

As I write this, the Fed is cutting interest rates because the rate of inflation is going back toward 2%. Jerome Powell's mantra is, "We are data driven!" Well and good except that data is always out of date by the time you get it. Remember this: The Fed has zero interest in restoring prices to their pre COVID levels. They are only concerned with returning the RATE of inflation to 2%. Yet they can't understand why people are still upset about inflation when they are "controlling" it! Where were they when it was taking off? Oh yes, they were waiting for the data that every American was getting in real time at the grocery store!

Doctor Shelton shows us a way back to sanity. I hope somebody is paying attention!

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Omer Cust
Brilliant. We need Shelton Bonds.
Reviewed in France on February 16, 2025
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A sound exposé of the reasons that monetary reform is necessary and a proposition of a method for getting back on track. It is a little repetitive but the principles need to be hammered home. Unfortunately the origins of her thesis dates back to the eighty’s and nothing has been done yet to correct the problems. Successive governments and their central bankers are blindly compounding their errors, printing money out of existence. Let’s hope that someone with power reads this and takes the necessary action. Maybe D.J.T.

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nicholas banfield
Educational
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2025
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Excellent book

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J English
Highly informative book-brilliant
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2024
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Shelton tells the tale of national economic monetary policy. She provides great insight into the power of stable money vs the political policies and Fed manipulation of rates that support government mismanagement of funds. A clear history of what works and what fuels inflation. The nice twist is that she offers a real viable solution. Unfortunately there is perhaps too much optimism regarding whether America and those that have the ability to make the changes necessary to get a fair and stable money supply will do so. Time will tell!

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birde
Great buy
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2025
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Well written
Good quality paper and comfortable print size

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