Oh, this one is really too good not
to quote it. Writing about the hyperinflation that struck Zimbabwe in recent
years, Ms Olivia Archdeacon tells the following anecdote in her article ‘China
buys its first African colony for a meagre $40 million’ (CapX, January 2016):
‘After years of hyperinflation (peaking at 79.6 sextillion per cent) the
Zimbabwean dollar had become virtually worthless. 250 trillion Zimbabwe dollars
was worth just 1$. To illustrate: one local woman took her wheelbarrow to the
bank (…) in order to carry the amount of bills she would need to purchase
anything. On her way back to her car she was robbed. Two young men seized the
wheelbarrow, emptied the cash at her feet, and ran off with the wheelbarrow.’
Hilarious, if it weren’t so very sad
at the same time…
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