Cycles of Change

For over 2,500 years, gold defined money. From the Lydian croeseid coin to the Bretton Woods system, gold anchored trust, trade, and sovereignty. Within a single century, it became labeled a “barbarous relic” and dismissed as a “pet rock.” In January 2026, gold surged past $5,500 per ounce, [...]

The architects of the American constitutional system expressed recurring concerns about the concentration of power in financial and governmental institutions. These concerns emerged from direct observation of how centralized authority functioned in European monarchies and colonial administration. [...]