Foie gras, that is a breakfastburrito approved RANT
Jim Rickards has lots of interesting interviews floating around, well worth searching out. In this interview he nails the problem as
Triffins dilemma.
Related is Gibson's paradox. This article:
Gibson's Paradox Revisited: Professor Summers Analyzes Gold Prices explains how the former Treasury Secretary "solved" the paradox, utilizing government "pegging operations" to suppress the price of gold. As Rickards points out, in the end, Mr Market is bigger than even the central banks, hence the solution will only buy more time.