> As someone with an econ degree, people advocating for a return to the gold standard are so weird to me. I totally understand people having objections to how c

> As someone with an econ degree, people advocating for a return to the gold standard are so weird to me. I totally understand people having objections to how central banks manage the money supply and the impacts that has on the economy, but that doesn't mean we should give up control of it completely. I think you're probably thinking about it wrong. It's not a conventional policy proposal. I think the main factor is just naked mistrust of people like you (people with an econ degree, etc), leading people to seek out simple solutions you have no control over. Another factor is people just getting high on pure ideology, and losing interest in solving actual problems in the pursuit of that ideology.