Blessing and a curse. With a flexible monetary supply, politicians can help ease the pains of boom bust cycles. They also can print currency and inflate their debt away. With a static monetary supply, they can't dampen the pain. But they also can't leverage the financial system for their short-term gains.

The last 60 years on a macro level have largely proved the Keynesian model. I think we're right to put faith in politicians in general. The solution might just be holding currency from another nation instead of your own.