The gold standard has one tremendous virtue: the quantity of the money supply, under the gold standard, is independent of the policies of governments and political parties. This is its advantage. It is a form of protection against spendthrift governments.金本位制有一个很大的功能：货币供给的数量,在金本位制下,独立于政府和政党的政策。这是它的优势。可以防止挥霍无度的政府。