stackyFACTSHyperinflation is a magical economic phenomenon where everyone becomes a trillionaire but you still starve. The government kept adding zeros to the paper until the ink itself was worth more than the denominated value.
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Imagine ordering a coffee and finding out it costs twice as much by the time you finish drinking it. During extreme inflationary spirals, rates shifted so…
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Mansa Musa destroyed the entire economy of Cairo in the fourteenth century simply by giving away too much free gold during a religious pilgrimage. The…
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Hungary experienced the worst case of hyperinflation in recorded human history following the end of the second world war in 1946. Prices for everyday goods…
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Ah, the roaring thirties, when sweeping the floor was literally a gold mine. As paper money became as worthless as a politician's promise, folks resorted to…
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When cash loses its value, it finds a new purpose as arts and crafts. The Venezuelan bolivar crashed so spectacularly due to hyperinflation that citizens…
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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin attempted to solve his country's severe economic issues in the 1970s by simply ordering the central bank to print endless amounts of…
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