>>imaginary aka paper wealth has gone up by over 30 fold since then<<
"He, too, predicted,
as many others had done, a time when gold was to
lose all its value, since all exchanges would be made with
this admirable, guaranteed paper, and therefore that coin
would come out from the places where it was hoarded. He
foretold prosperous times to France in case these great
issues of paper were continued and declared these "the only,
means to insure happiness, glory and liberty to the French,
nation.""