Chapter 1 - The $30 Trillion Question ........................................ 13
Chapter 2 - The King Dollar's Global Mandate ......................... 25
Chapter 3 - The Two Financial Giants ........................................ 37
Chapter 4 - The Treasury: The Checkbook and the Mint ........ 49
Chapter 5 - The Federal Reserve: The Independent Printer .... 65
Chapter 6 - The Unholy Alliance: The Debt Market's Three-Party System ........................................................................................ 91
Chapter 7 - The 1951 Accord: The Day the Printer Fought Back .................................................................................................... 103
Chapter 8 - The Collateral Crisis and the Repo Market Engine ............................................................................................................ 117
Chapter 9 - The Stealth Tax: Interest Rate Parity and the Hidden Cost of Borrowing ............................................................. 131
Chapter 10 - The Weaponization of Trust: Sanctions and the End of the Golden Guardrail ......................................................... 149
Chapter 11 - The De-Dollarization Narrative and the Commodity Trade ............................................................................ 177
Chapter 12 - The Digital Challenge: Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) ........................................................................ 207
Chapter 13 - The Policy Trap: The Myth of Austerity and the Political Pathologies ........................................................................ 239
Chapter 14 - The Necessary Pain: Using the Golden Guardrail for Economic Stability .................................................................... 265
Chapter 15 - The True Policy Path: Growth over Austerity .. 285
Chapter 16 - The Future of the Paradox: Sustaining Supremacy in a Multi-Polar World .................................................................... 303
Chapter 17 - The Paradox's Policy Conflict: Trade Deficits vs. Tariffs ................................................................................................ 317
