The (intentional or unintentional) purpose of policy makers is to keep the fiat-money regime going, whatever it takes

The Fiasco of Fiat Money

by Thorsten Polleit

Today's worldwide paper-, or "fiat-," money regime is an economically and socially destructive scheme — with far-reaching and seriously harmful economic and societal consequences, effects that extend beyond what most people would imagine.

Fiat money:

•  is inflationary; 
• it benefits a few at the expense of many others; 
• it causes boom-and-bust cycles; 
• it leads to overindebtedness; 
• it corrupts society's morals; 
• and it will ultimately end in a depression on a grand scale.

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