Economists hate the gold standard because fiat currency creates a need for economists.
Gold makes it pretty hard to create and erase wealth with the stroke of a pen.
We can agree on that.
Actually anybody they understand that gold is just as much fiat as anything else. Gold has NO intrinsic value, it only has the value we give it: fiat. Things with intrinsic value don’t actually make good money, people are too busy using it for food, tools and buildings.