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This makes perfect sense in theory, but after multiple years of 8% to 10% inflation I'm not so keen on the "inflation always" line of thinking. Some kind of "generally stable" currency that alternates unpredictably would be best.
I'll take 8% inflation for life versus 8% deflation for life.