The Dangers of Printing Money

Rocketing inflation in 1922 meant this grocer's cash register had to be emptied regularly, and its contents stored in a tea chest
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Bag it Up
Rocketing inflation in 1922 meant this grocer's cash register had to be emptied regularly, and its contents stored in a tea chest. Workers were known to collect their wages in suitcases, before spending them immediately.

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