content: Gold. just Gold.  Ask Britain how well returning to the gold standard worked for them. Winston Churchill even chalked that move up to the WORST mistake he ever made. There are simply too many people in the world to return to a currency based on finite resources - resources that are held mostly by private hands, may I add. Not to mention that shiny yellow rocks mean fuck all in an ACTUAL crisis. People want water, food, shelter and labor in that situation, and your shiny yellow rocks are NOTHING when compared to actual need. You can get a lot more done with a case of bottled water than with gold.