A good argument can be made that money should not be a long-term store of value, and should only store value long enough to be useful as a medium of exchange.

A good argument can be made that money should not be a long-term store of value, and should only store value long enough to be useful as a medium of exchange. The idea is that it is better to lend your money than to store it, and that the best way for people to "store value" is to be invested in economically productive activities.