[Sundog]

Ayn needed to add runaway inflation to the mix-—she alluded to it, they used gold in Galt’s gulch, but she never said everyone else in America was devastated by fiat currency-—just collapsed industry.

[Publius]

Actually, in a future chapter, Fred Kinnan, the labor leader, alludes to inflation as a problem for working people.

Concerning gold, I have a bit on that when we meet Ragnar Dannkeskjøld later on.

Be patient.

[NonLinear]

I know it is difficult, but please try not to be a spoiler.
To this point I have read nothing about gold and nothing about Galt’s Gulch.

Now I can guess way more than I wanted to.