Nobody uses the gold standard any more. We’ve had a more stabilized and faster growing economy without one.
But that doesn’t matter...gold is pretty and shiny.
>We’ve had a more stabilized and faster growing economy without one.<
AND more inflationary! When we were on the actual gold standard, THAT economy WAS stabilized. A dollar note based on gold was worth a dollar, and you would be amazed at what it bought! Today that dollar might be worth about 7 Cents! Yes, might.