I think it is more evil than that. You can print 100 billion of your currency and hand it to your crony friends. Boom they are all multi-billionares now. Everyo

I think it is more evil than that. You can print 100 billion of your currency and hand it to your crony friends. Boom they are all multi-billionares now. Everyone else (not your friends) gets screwed immediately. It's stealing but it looks like it isn't. That is why gold is critical (or some other unit not easy to create).