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Judy Shelton
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Utah Ph.D.

Judy Shelton is an economic advisor to President Donald Trump.[1] She is known for her advocacy for a return to the gold standard and for her criticisms of the Federal Reserve.[2][3]

Early life and education

Shelton has a Ph.D in business administration from the University of Utah.[4]

Role in national politics

She worked at the Hoover Institution from 1985 to 1995.[3] She was on Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign.[3] In 2016, she was on the Ben Carson presidential campaign, but joined Trump campaign in August 2016 after writing a supportive Wall Street Journal opinion editorial about Trump.[3]

Prior to joining the Trump administration, she was the director of the Sound Money Project[5] at the Atlas Network. She has donated to conservative candidates and causes.[3] She supports the Republican Party's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Trump administration's deregulative agenda and the trade war with China.[3]

Shelton has been mentioned as a potential Trump nominee for the Federal Reserve board.[6] She is known as a critic of the Federal Reserve.[2][3]

In 2019, she said that she hoped for a new Bretton Woods-style conference where countries would agree to return to the gold standard, saying "if it takes place at Mar-a-Lago that would be great."[7] Mar-a-Lago is a club run by President Trump.

Personal life

She is married to Gilbert Shelton.[3]

Bibliography

  • Judy Shelton (24 November 2009). Money Meltdown. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-8846-0.
  • Judy Shelton (1989). The coming Soviet crash: Gorbachev's desperate pursuit of credit in Western financial markets. “The” Free Press. ISBN 978-0-02-928581-7.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Fed faces Trump glare ahead of policy shake-up". Financial Times.
  2. ^ a b GmbH, finanzen net. "Trump's potential Fed pick is a critic of the central bank and supports near-zero interest rates | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Smialek, Jeanna (2019-05-21). "Trump Team Vets Fed Critic for Board Seat". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  4. ^ Judy Shelton, Ph.D
  5. ^ a b "This Trump Economic Advisor Wants America to Go Back to the Gold Standard".
  6. ^ "The Fed shouldn't be driving US economy, Trump advisor Judy Shelton says". 2016-12-07.
  7. ^ "Fed candidate slams bank's 'Soviet' power over markets". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-05-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)


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