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How Weimar Germany Got Hyperinflation ? and How America Could, Too
Contributor
TradeSmith
The Weimar Germany period is a recurring historical topic. It seems to pop up every few years.
But when historians and columnists refer to Weimar Germany, they are usually focused on the years of 1930-33, when Germany experienced crushing deflation (as did most of the world, after the Crash of 1929, the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs, and the Great Depression) and the Nazis prepared to seize power.
In thinking about hyperinflation, we are interested in events from a full decade earlier, as the peak years of Weimar Germany hyperinflation were 1921-23...
How Weimar Germany Got Hyperinflation ? and How America Could, Too
Contributor
TradeSmith
The Weimar Germany period is a recurring historical topic. It seems to pop up every few years.
But when historians and columnists refer to Weimar Germany, they are usually focused on the years of 1930-33, when Germany experienced crushing deflation (as did most of the world, after the Crash of 1929, the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs, and the Great Depression) and the Nazis prepared to seize power.
In thinking about hyperinflation, we are interested in events from a full decade earlier, as the peak years of Weimar Germany hyperinflation were 1921-23...
