@Tabludama,
Quote:“The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.”
Lennin
At Lenin’s death in 1924, the inflation rate was approximately 5,000,000%. By comparison: 1923 Germany: 3.817B% inflation. Zimbabwe, just four years ago: 4.700B%. Despite the warnings, each of these hyperinflation events was triggered by overprinting the nation’s currency.
For perspective, today’s $3.15 gallon of gas would cost this much next month:
1924 Russia: $113,125
1923 Germany: $1,001,962,500
2009 Zimbabwe: $1,236,375,000