Re:The resource leak bug of our civilization
by EGreg on Monday December 01, 2014 @10:54AM
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Didn't it also happen in Zimbabwe?
Re:The resource leak bug of our civilization
by randallsquared on Monday December 01, 2014 @01:05PM
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XorNot carefully avoided that recent case by specifying "in the western world".
Re:The resource leak bug of our civilization
by ArkyBeagle on Monday December 01, 2014 @08:22PM
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Zimbabwe is a failed state. They abandoned having a currency at all.
It is very different to a currency falling a large amount of its value over the course of a couple of years. People have time to divest, predict, etc. - otherwise engage in normal business activities.