the belief that gold stored value crippled spain.
I thought the study of mercantlilism put to rest the idea that precious metals had some sort of eternal value.
And even if they did - why would that value hold up in an deflationary environment.
I am not saying there are not some conditions in which Gold would be useful and therefore a considered valuable for trade.
I am just saying if we deflate into souplines - who is going to pay up for gold.
if we were to deflate into anarchy - I would take guns,ammo, water and food over gold as a store of value.
Just think about it -- lawlessness roaming the streets and you got some food, guns, water and ammo safely stashed.
Are you going to sell it for gold. Hardly. You might sell it for labor... but for gold?