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Also, don't get me wrong the economy can still grow with fiat money, but much, much more slowly than with gold currency as a result of boom and bust cycles.
Seems like there was a lot of panicking before the Federal Reserve came along:
Panic of 1819
Panic of 1837
Panic of 1857
Panic of 1893
Panic of 1907