The Citizens Standard  ·  The papers & data

Papers & replication

The full series, free to read — the complete working papers and a replication suite where every empirical claim is backed by code you can run on real data. Three papers are also posted on SSRN; the rest are here in full ahead of their SSRN release.

The series

Where a paper is on SSRN, the title links there and the PDF sits beside it; the rest open as PDFs here until they post. Each paper also has a Data link: a one-click download of the full package: the paper plus exactly the code and data behind it. Hover a row to see what it tests.

Download all papers & data (zip) Papers only (PDF, 14 files) Browse on SSRN ↗

  1. One Model, Many Systems: A Constitutional Monetary Architecture · 106 ppPDF Data
  2. A Historical Counterfactual: Empirical Analysis, 1960-2055 · 27 ppPDF Data
  3. Transition Architecture and Migration Mechanics · 33 ppPDF Data
  4. Constitutional Vulnerability of a Rules-Based Monetary Statute · 46 ppPDF Data
  5. A Macroeconomic Model of a Dual-Circuit Monetary System · 49 ppPDF Data
  6. Full-Reserve Banking · 21 ppPDF Data
  7. External Interoperability · 20 ppPDF Data
  8. The Structural Buyer · 20 ppPDF Data
  9. Bounded Citizen Ownership and the Transactional-Money Locus · 17 ppPDF Data
  10. Empirical Validation · 17 ppPDF Data
  11. Governance · 12 ppPDF Data
  12. Crisis Behaviour · 12 ppPDF Data
  13. Comparative Analysis · 12 ppPDF Data
  14. Distribution and Wealth Inequality · 12 ppPDF Data

Run it yourself

Don't take the papers on trust. Run the code that backs them, here, now.

Verify it in your browser — no install, no trust required

Real CPython, compiled to WebAssembly, running the actual replication code in this tab. It fetches a package's own scripts, runs them, and checks every number against the values the paper published. Nothing is precomputed — if the code stops reproducing the paper, this page says so.

Give it a moment — some take 20+ seconds.

Python loads on first run (~15 MB, cached afterwards).

What a pass means. Expected values come from each package's published artifact (all_results.txt / results/*.json) — the numbers the papers cite — not from this run. A pass means every one of them was reproduced to a relative tolerance of 1e-6. Figures are drawn by the code as it runs; none are stored.



Prefer to run it locally? git clone the repo, then cd replication && python run_all.py — that covers the full suite and takes a few minutes. Add --report for an HTML report with every figure.

Replication & data

Built to be checked, not believed.

Each empirical paper ships with a self-contained package on its Data link above, and the full set is in the download at the top. All run on genuine data: BLS CPI, the SF Fed inflation decomposition, SSA Trustees data, the 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances microdata, the Alaska Permanent Fund, and FRED monetary series. Every figure and table in the papers can be regenerated from source.

Download the full replication suite (zip)

Each package runs the same way:

pip install -r requirements.txt
python run_all.py

Have AI explain the Citizens Standard

Want to understand it, or check whether it holds up? Give any AI the companion document and paste the prompt below. It asks the AI to explain the framework clearly first, then evaluate it honestly.

  1. Download the companion document (one file, the whole framework): the buttons below.
  2. Attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any AI (drag the file in, or use the paperclip). Attaching is more reliable than links, since many AIs can't open web pages.
  3. Paste the prompt below and send.
I've attached a companion document for a monetary framework called the Citizens Standard. I'm trying to understand it and judge whether it holds up. Please help me in two stages. First, explain it clearly, as if teaching someone smart who is new to it: - What problem is it trying to solve, and why does that problem exist? - How does the framework actually work? Walk me through the core mechanics in plain language: how new money is created, where it goes, the banking change, the different "Modes," and how it's meant to keep prices stable. - What is genuinely novel or interesting about the idea? Engage with it on its merits. Take your time here. I want to actually understand it before we judge it. Then, evaluate it honestly: - What parts are solid (mathematical results, accounting identities), what parts hold only inside the model's assumptions (simulations), and what parts are unproven claims about the real world (behavioral, institutional, political)? - The document has an "Honest limits" section listing ten load-bearing weaknesses. Do you agree those are the real weak points, or are there load-bearing assumptions it missed? - Where does it hold up, and where is it weakest? Be fair and clear, not a cheerleader and not a hit piece. If something is well-supported, say so; if something is a modeling assumption presented as fact, say that too. If you have browsing, the full 14-paper series and replication code are at https://citizensstandard.org/papers.html - you can check any specific number there.
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