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by mumblemumble 1941 days ago
Although that would arguably put Bitcoin in the same deflation trap that led to the collapse of the gold standard.

A money supply that grows more slowly than the economy that rests on top of it just might be the stuff that Malthusian dreams are made of.

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The gold standard was the least of the Bretton Woods Era problems.

I also wouldn't call this new fiat regime with rising property prices and stagnant wages as a "net win" over Bretton-Woods, the gold standard was probably the only thing keeping the federal spending under control, and real wage growth up.