Excerpt from Paper Money by "Adam Smith," (George J.W. Goodman), pp. 57-62. Before World War I Germany was a prosperous country, with a gold-backed currency, expanding industry, and world leadership ...
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What Is Hyperinflation?

Hyperinflation describes an unsustainable period of economic dysfunction characterized by price increases of at least 50% per month. These times of rapid, intense and destructive currency devaluation ...