I'm in the same boat as LZW.<p>But let's put aside the battle of opinions of whether inflation or deflation is more damaging for the sake of this article.<p>A gold currently would create equilibrium in the market for supply and demand of goods and services. There would be a predictable quantity of money in the system at all times and people, businesses, and investors would be able to base their decisions on this. There would be neither rapid deflation nor inflation, but rather the true value of the good or service would be reflected in the price. We would only see deflation if production became more affordable, or if demand decreased. This is healthy!<p>The argument that people would delay their purchases because they know it will be more affordable in the future is bunk. There are a few goods and services that have become consistently more affordable over time despite inflation, and people continue to buy those things knowing full well they'll be available for cheaper in the future. This is an easy to understand example of equilibrium between supply and demand.<p>But nonetheless, did a gold standard lead to a deflationary spiral all the way through the 1900s until 1971 when Nixon essentially declared economic bankruptcy and took us off the gold standard? No, it didn't. Those were some of the most prosperous times this world has ever seen. True economic prosperity not fueled through ever greater sums of debt.<p>Gold is sound currency.
Sad to see economic nonsense like "central banks have mitigated the effects of inflation" and "paper currency can fight the tough impact of deflation".<p>Deflation, actually, is good for the economy because it lowers the cost of expansion for businesses, and makes everyones savings have more purchasing power, making everyone wealthier.<p>Governments, however, like to spend without regard for responsibility, and so governments put out propaganda to try and scare us about "Deflation" as a threat so that people ignore the fact that most productivity and many technological advancements that we should be reaping the benefits of, are instead, "mitigated" by inflation.