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Hungary and Germany have a torrid history with inflation. Both fell prey to the shortsighted thinking that a printing press would solve their problems, but it made things much worse. Let’s take a closer look at what happened and how these nations managed to come back from the throes of postwar hyperinflation.

Zimbabwe faced the second-worst hyperinflation ever experienced by any country, as well as many years of rampant inflation. Let’s look at how printing money was like pouring water on a grease fire when trying to curtail inflation.