Gold managed to be money for thousands of years despite having supply inflation of 1 to 2%.
So your thesis is just wrong.
Absolute scarcity is not only not a necessity for sound money, it is not good monetary policy.
Hanshan
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2026-08-20 23:22:02 UTC
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