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How ya gonna hyperinflate with no fancy paper, Mugabe?

Tuesday, 15 July 2008 by Mike Gogulski
economics | 2 Comments »

From the LA Times: Lack of bank note paper threatens Zimbabwe economy The country, already suffering hyperinflation, is on the brink of financial collapse, analysts say. HARARE, ZIMBABWE -- It has come to this: Zimbabwe is about to run out of the paper ...

Why I done left America

Thursday, 19 June 2008 by Mike Gogulski
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No, it's not because of whatever drivel they're spewing... It's because it's funny. Well, that and the shitty beer.

Irish referendum scuttles Treaty of Lisbon, hooray!

Friday, 13 June 2008 by Mike Gogulski
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It's being widely reported that referendum results in Ireland on ratifying the Treaty of Lisbon will come in with a clear defeat for the agreement. The Irish failure to ratify means that the entire Treaty is now off the table, since ...

$95.6 million for a beer, the price of central banking in Zimbabwe

Thursday, 15 May 2008 by Mike Gogulski
economics | 1 Comment »

From the Independent Institute blog: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="Z$1.2 billion dinner check from Zimbabwe "][/caption] Ah, good old hyperinflation. Reminds me of a couple of old banknotes I keep lying around for fun: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="One hundred million billion pengő, ...