In Germany, between January 1922 and November 1923, the average price level increased by a factor of about 20 billion.
It's possible in times of crisis, where the cost of buying things skyrockets while your ability to buy things plummets, especially when considering imported goods.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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