Gold has always been a polarising asset. To some, it’s a safe haven. To others, it’s a shiny but strategically irrelevant relic. Much of the scepticism around gold stems from a belief in rational policymaking and economic progress. The assumption is that as the world becomes more interdependent, there will be fewer wars, more cooperation, and steady, measured economic decisions. That kind of world doesn’t need gold.But that world does not exist.