Because the economy *should* grow with industrialization. If we have a deflationary monetary supply then people would hoard gold and not be insensitivized to invest into the further growth of the economy. I shouldn't need to steal gold from the women of Rome to build ships.
The problem isn't the dollar, it's how it's been used.
@Romulus augustulus
USD fails when the military fails.
So nixon took us off the PM standard because funding the vietnam war was causing issues.
You need a mechanism that allows for their to be pain. Take the 2008 crisis. Banks IMO should ve been closed and liquidated.
Public money shoulda been used to kill the zombie banks and recapitalize new banks. IMO Glass segall was a good rule you can be consumer bank and give people checking acounts CD or a corporate bank.
Also my grandfather was a CPA.
Here s another issue you need to have a break up of the big four accountng firms. in 1990 the big four was the big 8.
One thing my grandfather said about accounting back in his day, the firm were mercinaries their job was to audit and find problems.
Then management started selling the clients on "management services" thats were the dude auditing you also tells you how to do better? Then all of a sudden the accountants are being told by their managers to not be the hired guns to find shit.
to loop this back to monitary theory, a really neat trick was done where be barrowed from the future to get a benifit now. Now if your building an asset like say a tangible good that is profitable. Like say a high speed train from bakersfield to lancanster you good.
But allowing the creation of money from student debt so will stancli can get his black studies degree and get raped by X is not a good use.
tldr companies need to be allowed to fail and the market distortions from Goverment sponsered enties need to be stopped to resources dont get miss allocated.