Just as the U.S. economy grew enormously in the 1775-1900 period, the gold standard system allowed the money supply to also grow enormously, as was appropriate at the time.
One sociologist called it "cultural displacement" -- the fear that your children will grow up in a world different than the one you grew up in, with fewer advantages, where they will have to work harder for what they accomplish.
Lord Bach said the government was offering financial support to farmers who chose to grow short-rotation coppice, like willow, to help them make ends meet while the crops grew.