"Opposite of that is 'make as much as you want', which maybe is the reason our economy is so fucked up today?"
Our money supply has to expand in the long run to support the growing population, & demand for U.S. goods/products.. Also, in the short run the Fed pumps money into the economy to stimulate it in times of growing recessions...
It's harder using gold as the standard since it has intrisnic value, and there would be price fluctions from the demand of gold as well as the demand for U.S. currency.
Depreciating dollar is not a bad thing though since we began export more to countries than we import.
Don't see any other developed economies using gold as currency do ya??:)
