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Data

• Federal Reserve — Distributional Financial Accounts (DFA) Wealth shares by percentile (the hero divergence chart). Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• FRED — series WALCL Federal Reserve total assets (balance-sheet scrubber). Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• FRED — series CPIAUCSL CPI-U, used for purchasing power & inflation-tax calculators. Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — CPI Inflation history and YoY peaks. Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• Federal Reserve H.4.1 release Balance-sheet detail. Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• U.S. Treasury / TreasuryDirect Federal debt and gold revaluation history. Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• MeasuringWorth.com Historical purchasing-power methodology. Cited methodology
• World Gold Council / LBMA Historical gold price. Cited

Documents & Texts

• National Archives (NARA) Executive Order 6102 and primary documents. Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• Wikimedia Commons Building & historical photography. Public domain / CC (per file)
• Library of Congress Historical photographs and documents. Public domain / no known restrictions
• Ron Paul — End the Fed (2009) Movement text. Cited
• G. Edward Griffin — The Creature from Jekyll Island Movement text (cited, not as fact). Cited

Image Provenance

• Marriner S. Eccles Building — Wikimedia Commons The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C. — the marble headquarters of the Federal Reserve System. Public domain
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York — Wikimedia Commons The Florentine-fortress facade of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at 33 Liberty Street. Public domain / CC
• U.S. Capitol — Architect of the Capitol via Wikimedia Commons The west front of the United States Capitol, seat of Congress — which chartered the Fed and could audit it. Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• U.S. Treasury Building — Wikimedia Commons The U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. Public domain
• The White House — Wikimedia Commons The White House, where the Federal Reserve Act was signed in 1913 and EO 6102 issued in 1933. Public domain
• Executive Order 6102 notice (1933) — National Archives via Wikimedia Commons The 1933 public notice for Executive Order 6102 requiring the surrender of gold coin, bullion, and gold certificates. Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• Andrew Jackson — Wikimedia Commons Portrait of President Andrew Jackson, who vetoed the re-charter of the Second Bank of the United States — and who appears on the $20 bill. Public domain
• Richard Nixon — Wikimedia Commons President Richard Nixon, who closed the gold window on August 15, 1971, ending dollar-to-gold convertibility. Public domain (U.S. Gov)
• Jekyll Island Club — Wikimedia Commons The Jekyll Island Club, Georgia — site of the secret 1910 meeting where bankers drafted what became the Federal Reserve. Public domain / CC

U.S. federal government works are public domain. Other images are used under their stated Wikimedia Commons / Library of Congress licenses.

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