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Re:Why America will soon see a wave of bank mergers by imtringued on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @02:28AM (#35798755)
A lot of hyperinflations follow this simple pattern.

The government is bankrupt for whatever reason. It has to create new money. Then inflationgets worse and the government introduces price controls. Businesses quit (or are shut down by the government for violating price controls) because they have to pay inflated prices but sell at regulated prices, ending up with a loss, inflation gets worse because of a lack of supply, more businesses quit as they start making losses.

Re:Why America will soon see a wave of bank mergers by User23 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @04:08PM (#35821385)
I submit that the first step of the hyperinflation is everywhere and always the collapse in productivity AKA supply. Then the cycle you describe takes effect and you are correct.

I've done some research on the subject and I've never found an historical counterexample, so if you have one I'd be very interested.