When Money Dies
The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany
by Adam Fergusson
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Cryptocurrency, Most Recommended Books, and Finance.
When Money Dies is the classic history of what happens when a nation's currency depreciates beyond recovery.In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless (the exchange rate in December of that year was one dollar to 4,200,000,000,000 marks), the German republic was all but reduced to a barter economy. Expensive cigars, artworks, and jewels were ...
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“Some books to learn more: Big Debt Crises by @RayDalio The Price of Tomorrow by @JeffBooth This Time is Different by @carmenmreinhart & @krogoff The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Paul Kennedy When Money Dies by Adam Fergusson The Bitcoin Standard by @saifedean Enjoy.”
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