Even policies specifically designed to help the not-wealthy often disproportionately benefit the wealthy.
Yes, in addition to demonstrating the weakness of mono-causal explanations it's also a good use case for Chesterton's Fence. We moved away from the gold standard for a lot of reasons. For example, as bad as inflation can be deflation is unquestionably worse. And we haven't had any major shocks to the economy that are anywhere near as severe as the depressions that were experienced prior to ditching the gold standard. This could just be good fortune, but you at least have to consider it when deciding if you want to go back to hard money.
Yes, in addition to demonstrating the weakness of mono-causal explanations it's also a good use case for Chesterton's Fence. We moved away from the gold standard for a lot of reasons. For example, as bad as inflation can be deflation is unquestionably worse. And we haven't had any major shocks to the economy that are anywhere near as severe as the depressions that were experienced prior to ditching the gold standard. This could just be good fortune, but you at least have to consider it when deciding if you want to go back to hard money.