12.19.2008

When you cannot flush your money


When Money Goes Down the Toilet

Excerpt:

At around 231 million percent, Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation rate (which we’ve written about before) is currently the highest in the world.

Blog reader Ben Saltsman sent us this photo of a restroom sign in South Africa, which hints at one use for Zimbabwe’s severely devalued currency:


Comment: For a picture of Zimbabwean toilet paper click here

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