If I have to hand over more and more value over time for the same amount of bread (that is easier and easier to manufacture each decade), then "the economy" isn't doing well.

If I hold the scarcest money in the universe, then the bread will get get cheaper and cheaper to me over time. This is a great economy.

I'm not going be sitting around in my riches starving because food will be cheaper next week :-D :-D