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Robert Mugabe Part 3: Zimbabwe’s Tsunami

Real Dictators

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The Cycle of Economic Mismanagement

As hyperinflation takes hold, the value of this embarbing and currency plummets further still. The highest denomination banknote, the red $500 bill, acquires a new nickname, the Ferrari. Bakers in the street would throw away the money you gave the... In fact, you would come across Alire, which is littered with ostensibly high denomination notes. And no one wanted because they were valueless. So it's a cycle of economic mismanagement, always to benefit themselves.

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