Gold historically has not been money by government fiat. Instead, gold has been the natural choice of people for money, something governments cannot undo (despite its best efforts).
The average new home in America in 2021 was still well over 50 percent larger than in the 1960s. Yet in an age of declining affordability, governments won't let homes get smaller.
Entrepreneurs serve consumers by creating our future. They do this by trying ideas for new, imagined goods and paying wages to workers and developing new capital.