Inflation. Scary thing isn't it? They showed these around the office. It's a reserve bank note of Zimbabwe. When inflation gets out of hand the printing presses are sure working hard. But just like a house of cards it usually all comes tumbling down.
So what would "one hundred trillion dollars" ( I feel like I'm in one of the Austin Powers movies as the evil villan) actually buy? Probably not much. Going back in the time tunnel to the German Weimar Republic I think a wheelbarrow of cash only got you a loaf of bread. In fact I think the story goes when the person went to get the cash outside the bakery, someone had dumped out the cash and stole the wheelbarrow.
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