Saturday, March 15, 2008

First Zimbabwe Post

On Friday the Zimbabwe teachers ended a strike after a 745% raise. They are now paid 3.4 BILLION Zimbabwean dollars a year, which amounts to over a hundred dollars US annually on the black market exchange rate. Periodically more stories about the hyperinflation brought about by printing money to cover debts will appear, to illustrate the final product of unsound fiscal and monetary policy.

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