I am not so sure predicting when a fiat currency will be inflated is tricky.
The money supply and interest rates being econ 101.
And thinking of hyper inflation, where does that usually happen?
Zimbabwe, Yugoslavia, the Weimar Republic - if a bad government wants to screw you, a gold backed currency won't save you.
Does anyone think someone like Mugabe wouldn't just change the rules to do what ever he wants?
Besides, even that Money as Debt movie explains that gold is easily manipulated and thus volatile, so not good as a currency.
Where I work,there's some kind of creeping vine, that's planted in the intersection of 3 cubicles and has spread beyond all of them, almost reaching the printer.
It takes up a lot of space, but it shares that space with the cubicle walls, so in a strange way it takes up very little space.
I believe there's been at least one major stock market crash that has not led to a recession.