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It would be also great to have more detail on the suffering caused by the hyperinflation, better than just saying "it was bad". [[User:Pestergaines|Pestergaines]] 04:38, 23 March 2011 (CDT)
It would be also great to have more detail on the suffering caused by the hyperinflation, better than just saying "it was bad". [[User:Pestergaines|Pestergaines]] 04:38, 23 March 2011 (CDT)
* Mises [http://mises.org/mmmp/mmmp7.asp writes] on the topic as well - good for a section about the speculations that the Germans did it on purpose. [[User:Pestergaines|Pestergaines]] 18:38, 6 May 2011 (MSD)

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Things to find

  • Gaettens mentions, without explicitly specifying, that the German government had large wasteful expenses in 1919, presumably with the creation of new offices and organizations.
  • The Reichsbank refused to allow "value-stable" bank accounts until 1923.

Anybody knows more about these topics?

Potential resources:

  • When Money Dies: The Nightmare of the Weimar Hyper-inflation by Adam Fergusson
  • Some sources.

It would be also great to have more detail on the suffering caused by the hyperinflation, better than just saying "it was bad". Pestergaines 04:38, 23 March 2011 (CDT)

  • Mises writes on the topic as well - good for a section about the speculations that the Germans did it on purpose. Pestergaines 18:38, 6 May 2011 (MSD)