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Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter by KingOfCoders on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @09:59AM (#43845371)
Fun fact: The GDR (East Germany) had a massive coffee problem because of dollars (scarce). So they heavily invested in Vietnam for coffee production. It took 10 years for the coffee to be produced, and the GDR collapsed before. After German reunification Vietnam became one of the biggest coffee producers.
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Re:U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter by asah on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @11:11AM (#43846395)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_coffee_crisis#Infl...
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