Zimbabwe and Hyperinflation: Who Wants to Be a Trillionaire?

  Рет қаралды 893,744

Marginal Revolution University

Marginal Revolution University

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 952
@supashep1
@supashep1 7 жыл бұрын
When you're running a country but know nothing about economics.
@Angelotube5000
@Angelotube5000 6 жыл бұрын
*COMMUNISM*
@BakedBeanieSigel
@BakedBeanieSigel 6 жыл бұрын
When you're running a country, and you don't do what the U.S.A tells you, so they put sanctions on your country so you can't trade goods. Then they lie to the world and say you starve your own people...... We've seen this story time after time again... When will people finally realize our country lies, and puts propaganda out about other countries?
@TheZero696
@TheZero696 6 жыл бұрын
go to other country then .. nobody cares lol
@TheArklyte
@TheArklyte 6 жыл бұрын
+gino manshit same as USSR, who received a "we accept only gold" trading rules and had to choose to either stay in 19th century and starve like Russian Empire did every few years or sell grain, starve and brutally force industrialisation on that money. 1937-1945 had shown, who was right...
@kurousagi8155
@kurousagi8155 6 жыл бұрын
Baked Beanie Sigel or it could be that instead of taxing people for welfare for your own supporters and hiring thugs to beat up people that protest taxation without representation, you could invest in capital goods to diversify your economy so there are more goods to justify printing more money. Or you could blame America. That looks like what you did.
@purifierphoenixthemecca
@purifierphoenixthemecca 6 жыл бұрын
Just print a bill with the ∞ symbol and call it a day. 💰💰💰
@ichspiellp3685
@ichspiellp3685 6 жыл бұрын
Purifier Phoenix The Mecca so how are you going yo pay anyone with infinet money?
@achuuuooooosuu
@achuuuooooosuu 6 жыл бұрын
I wonder what your change might be in exchange of infinite dollars. Unless every price is in infinite dollars (Which is obviously non-existent)
@yhr4052
@yhr4052 6 жыл бұрын
Exactly, this could solve everything, 1 bill for 1 item, everybody would be able to afford whatever he'd want, then they'd just need to introduce some new laws to forbid gluttony. End of poverty.You are a genius!
@HiKiddys
@HiKiddys 6 жыл бұрын
I think harvard wants to know your location
@derpherpp
@derpherpp 6 жыл бұрын
They don't know what's infinity symbol means. Look at his face, it got enough grease to fry chicken for entire country for years,
@jacobmeade1045
@jacobmeade1045 6 жыл бұрын
In Zimbabwe they call the rapper 50 cent 50 million dollars
@Needformadness2
@Needformadness2 6 жыл бұрын
quadro beam funny original joke
@jacobmeade1045
@jacobmeade1045 6 жыл бұрын
Onceuponatimetherewasalongnameitwassolongeveryonedied ummm. Not funny, but i came up with it so its original
@c3sxxzxxz726
@c3sxxzxxz726 6 жыл бұрын
quadro beam don't lie u dint come up with this pussy
@Kevin-oh9ov
@Kevin-oh9ov 6 жыл бұрын
quadro beam oh my 😂😂
@Kevin-oh9ov
@Kevin-oh9ov 6 жыл бұрын
quadro beam u didn't make it tho
@saidmoor6428
@saidmoor6428 8 жыл бұрын
This is what happened when you give someone printing machine, but you don't teach him basic economics.
@nicholasgergetz5941
@nicholasgergetz5941 6 жыл бұрын
It's what happens when you have a national printing machine. No matter their understanding of economics, they will fluctuate the value of currency according to what insiders find most profitable at the time. National banks are about exploiting populaces for the benefit of a few.
@karlbahena1733
@karlbahena1733 5 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!!!!!!
@JK-gu3tl
@JK-gu3tl 5 жыл бұрын
Gold standard FTW......
@Goodiesfanful
@Goodiesfanful 6 жыл бұрын
With the price of toilet paper at ZMB$417 per sheet, you might as well use the useless notes for toilet paper instead. That's probably what they ended up doing too.
@Goodiesfanful
@Goodiesfanful 6 жыл бұрын
Erwin Schrödinger how did he know?
@Goodiesfanful
@Goodiesfanful 6 жыл бұрын
They're doing that with the Venezuelan bolivar, the latest victim of hyperinflation. They're turning the notes into bags, sculptures, hats and such. Right now the old Zimbabwean currency is gaining value as a collector's item, so I don't know about using it that way.
@TeaParty1776
@TeaParty1776 6 жыл бұрын
You have discovered the solution to socialism. I nominate you for a Nobel Prize.
@arbazkhan7035
@arbazkhan7035 6 жыл бұрын
@ they were printing trillions of dollar in a single note ( sry for bad english)
@TJaeSpeaks
@TJaeSpeaks 6 жыл бұрын
This is what ended up happening. 100% fact
@stekie2783
@stekie2783 6 жыл бұрын
The paper and the ink that are used to print the bill cost more than the bill itself.
@mebefog
@mebefog 6 жыл бұрын
Stekie this money the world cheapest toilette paper :)
@lampoilropebombs0640
@lampoilropebombs0640 5 жыл бұрын
And it worth less than paper itself
@iammodestykazi6914
@iammodestykazi6914 3 жыл бұрын
Whooaaaaa ! How terrifying 😳
@nostrodelaantares8416
@nostrodelaantares8416 7 жыл бұрын
i like that rapper 50 cents or as they say in Zimbabwe "100 billion dollars"
@official.rajarshidutta
@official.rajarshidutta 7 жыл бұрын
Ha ha. Witty
@k1awesomeness
@k1awesomeness 7 жыл бұрын
Thule Sonnenrad no, no, more like 1.3 QUINTILLION DOLLARS (because one US dollar was 2 doctillion or 2 with 33 zeros behind it
@andychauhan6544
@andychauhan6544 6 жыл бұрын
MEK not in Zimbabwe it ain't!
@oneandonly6612
@oneandonly6612 6 жыл бұрын
Thule Sonnenrad hahahahahhahah good one
@BeenYT
@BeenYT 4 жыл бұрын
@@k1awesomeness how would that work if the highest note was 100 trillion?
@cafeta
@cafeta 6 жыл бұрын
Venezuela: hold my beer Zimbabwe!!
@KA-iq2ko
@KA-iq2ko 6 жыл бұрын
Zimbabwe: hold my beer Venezuela
@acryllicllc
@acryllicllc 6 жыл бұрын
America and Russia look from afar in awe
@lyh0619
@lyh0619 5 жыл бұрын
1946 hungary : hold my everything
@LordDavid04
@LordDavid04 5 жыл бұрын
Zimbabwe: I wish I had beer for you to hold Venezuela, but it costs 30 Trillion Dollars, won't arrive for a month and will be from a generic brand.
@paulnash6944
@paulnash6944 5 жыл бұрын
cafeta Zimbabwe: Sorry buddy, I’ve already got my hands full.
@myusernameissoobnoxiouslyl1466
@myusernameissoobnoxiouslyl1466 7 жыл бұрын
He was economically illiterate
@crazieeez
@crazieeez 6 жыл бұрын
I think he understood economics. He wanted more money for himself. Taxing people to get their money is hard to get. Printing more money to get more of people money is the fastest and easiest way to their money.
@devansh3700
@devansh3700 6 жыл бұрын
crazieeez but what's the use of that more money if it isn't worth a chicken
@kojack635
@kojack635 5 жыл бұрын
No just illiterate
@kyledavis4202
@kyledavis4202 5 жыл бұрын
Kind of like a certain congresswoman from New York who used to be a bartender
@vanessaparker6232
@vanessaparker6232 5 жыл бұрын
According to some he was the best thing since since sliced cheese.
@riva2613
@riva2613 6 жыл бұрын
Being from Zimbabwe i found this very hilarious , can't believe we went through this and survived
@jazlyn7590
@jazlyn7590 3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you all survived this. How's the economy now?
@pear146
@pear146 3 жыл бұрын
@@jazlyn7590 not good, got hyperinflation again in 2018. Bread 2018: $1, Bread 2021: $94
@Moccalocca100
@Moccalocca100 2 жыл бұрын
@@pear146 I think its because of history. People are scared of the inflation again. You see money is only worth if the people believe in it. We people give it a value
@bibekkoirala8802
@bibekkoirala8802 2 жыл бұрын
@@pear146 Wow, that sounds terrible. Is that in USD? Do you not store wealth in gold or other alternatives?
@marambachidochaishe2713
@marambachidochaishe2713 Жыл бұрын
we was billionaires kkkk
@kuls43
@kuls43 6 жыл бұрын
That means I know more economics than a ruler of a country? Interesting.
@theirritator5809
@theirritator5809 6 жыл бұрын
*To people who don't get it:* Imagine that your entire economy is $1. It's 100% of your economy. If you printed one more dollar, each of those dollars would be worth 50% of the economy. When you put more and more money into circulation (ie: printing money then buying stuff) the percentage of the economy the currency takes up gets smaller and smaller, decreasing its value.
@MrHwilRRR
@MrHwilRRR 6 жыл бұрын
Until is like 1/(six hundred quintillion) or some crazy stuff like that.
@葉地下
@葉地下 5 жыл бұрын
First get a 1$ then buy zimbabwe money with it . => Now you have paper. Wipe your ass for the rest of your life with zimbabve money - profit no more 1:50 toilet paper
@hellatze
@hellatze 5 жыл бұрын
The paper may dirty. No value for toiler paper.
@vanessaparker6232
@vanessaparker6232 5 жыл бұрын
One thing the currency does it improve your maths . I always wondered what came after the trillions!!!
@Whatever_dude
@Whatever_dude 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah anybody with at least one active brain cell knows that stupid
@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe
@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe 4 жыл бұрын
Zimbabwean here. It's sad to see how much my people have suffered. It has been hellish for us. Mugabe was a tyrant and his successor is no different. But I do believe things will get better eventually. We must believe. We could build a better country based on the laws of love, compassion, kindness, forgiveness and respect for everyone regardless of skin colour, belief or gender. Especially for women, children, the environment and all other living beings. We are a beautiful country, with amazing natural beauty, fascinating wildlife and friendly, hard-working people. To everyone in this comment section, please don't judge us too harshly.
@Joeztrainz
@Joeztrainz 2 жыл бұрын
We understand brother. Zimbabwe isn’t bad, Mugabe is. I too believe things will be better in the future for Zimbabwe
@Bolognabeef
@Bolognabeef Жыл бұрын
If only Smith stayed things would've been much different. Obviously seizing white farms, subsequently plummeting into famine and printing money didn't help
@rigaer
@rigaer 7 жыл бұрын
One hundred trillion dollars...WTF?
@deepdive1338
@deepdive1338 6 жыл бұрын
DJ NVVGV im starving trillionaire
@annoyingguyoninternet1631
@annoyingguyoninternet1631 6 жыл бұрын
Lol and it’s still cheap
@Shinobi33
@Shinobi33 6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if those are still in circulation?
@karlbahena1733
@karlbahena1733 5 жыл бұрын
And it's not even a value of one dollar.
@dolecrash5802
@dolecrash5802 5 жыл бұрын
@@karlbahena1733 not even .0000000000000000001 dollars
@Ghost_Mannn
@Ghost_Mannn 5 жыл бұрын
Inflation rate is rising Our money is becoming worthless Zimbabwe: PriNT MorE mOnEY
@ks_ig2728
@ks_ig2728 5 жыл бұрын
Zimbabwe: _prints more money_ Germany: “Hey, I’ve seen this one before.”
@anawesomepet
@anawesomepet 3 жыл бұрын
Hungary: w-why aren't y-you s-scared? *secretly hides 100 quintillion dollars*
@Ironcurtainproductions
@Ironcurtainproductions Жыл бұрын
“This is a classic”
@janrychly6651
@janrychly6651 6 жыл бұрын
They dont need toilet paper, they use money...
@laelafitriah3823
@laelafitriah3823 3 жыл бұрын
I'm so lucky to find this channel, it helps me a lot in studying economic rather than in class. Thank you Marginal Revolution University,
@dkeith45
@dkeith45 3 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, in 2019, Zimbabwe figured it had been ten years since their currency utterly failed, and decided it was time to try it again. They made the use of other currencies illegal again, and have issued new Zimbabwe dollars. As of 4/2021 their inflation rate is at 98% 0_o
@jeffriggs9194
@jeffriggs9194 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Bro, you got any money? I got 25 quadrillion dollars on me. Sweet, I think we can get a Twix and a Mt dew...
@danielrolle7621
@danielrolle7621 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@saintsupreme33
@saintsupreme33 3 жыл бұрын
Fack yeah thats a free food
@dutxinm6746
@dutxinm6746 5 жыл бұрын
The time he said paper towel was $417, I was like ( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙).. But then he said"per sheet". ( ͡◉ ͜ʖ ͡◉) holy sheet. 😂😂😂
@psydog5480
@psydog5480 6 жыл бұрын
The future of South Africa.
@DiorLeans
@DiorLeans 6 жыл бұрын
Psy Dog Future of America
@djmars1983
@djmars1983 6 жыл бұрын
@@DiorLeansthat as well somewhere in the 2030s 2040s we were well on our way in the late 2000's early 2010s
@DiorLeans
@DiorLeans 6 жыл бұрын
djmars1983 Can you repeat that...
@GottaGoFastr
@GottaGoFastr 5 жыл бұрын
Black people...
@unicornbunny6190
@unicornbunny6190 5 жыл бұрын
RSA WON'T be like that. RSA is a member of BRICS... they'll step in n prevent the nose dive.
@gsabic
@gsabic 4 жыл бұрын
I was 10 years old in argentina during hyperinflation, prices will change every day. I still have a shoe box full of money
@immakings634
@immakings634 7 жыл бұрын
I'm i the onlyone who was laughing while watching this? It's really funny as hell lmao
@lilfairyprincess1o1
@lilfairyprincess1o1 6 жыл бұрын
A year late but nah I am in stitches rn😂😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂 Idk why I'm laughing, I'm from zim
@kojack635
@kojack635 5 жыл бұрын
Michael Reyes “Downfall of your fellow man”. Why does it have to be blacks only? Racist
@Solid_Snake99
@Solid_Snake99 4 жыл бұрын
Kojack Stfu
@Solid_Snake99
@Solid_Snake99 4 жыл бұрын
aloha charlie why did you vote him
@thebakedtaco2879
@thebakedtaco2879 4 жыл бұрын
you won't be laughing when it happens to your country. put yourself in the shoes of a Zimbabwe citizen, scrambling to get the worthless paper out of his/her hands in exchange for basic necessities - all as a result of an incompetent government. it's not funny. just pray you won't have to experience this
@peaceistheanswer275
@peaceistheanswer275 6 жыл бұрын
This chapter in Zimbabwe's history shines a mega light on Mugabe's shortcomings. He did not know jack about economics.
@ishaankantaria6662
@ishaankantaria6662 4 жыл бұрын
Big up Robert
@ahrilabd7775
@ahrilabd7775 5 жыл бұрын
As a way for back up. Its best to save valuable assets like Gold, silver etc. Unlike bank notes, they are not affected by hyper inflation. They guard your wealth in desperate times
@SPAZTICCYTOPLASM
@SPAZTICCYTOPLASM 7 жыл бұрын
Never forget Rhodesia.
@carolprice3062
@carolprice3062 5 жыл бұрын
Did he become a Rhodes scholar???
@LogieT2K
@LogieT2K 4 жыл бұрын
One of greatest tragedies of the cold war
@ropk676
@ropk676 6 жыл бұрын
The reason why countries can't simply print all the money it needs is simple: if there's a lot of something, its value goes down. The amount of money in circulation goes up, but the total value of goods and services remains the same, so your dollar buys less. Sure, you can have a billion dollar in your wallet, but it doesn't matter if a burger costs a 100 million dollar to buy.
@traderknightzbitcoinuniver8168
@traderknightzbitcoinuniver8168 4 жыл бұрын
The US already following their footsteps
@anonymousanonymous4775
@anonymousanonymous4775 6 жыл бұрын
So the solution to the worlds energy needs is to burn Zimbabwean currency?
@DiorLeans
@DiorLeans 6 жыл бұрын
Anonymous Anonymous Burn the federal reserve note to while your at it
@laffey.chan_
@laffey.chan_ 5 жыл бұрын
Some of them has been sold in eBay
@kayraaa2646
@kayraaa2646 6 жыл бұрын
When your only qualification is ''lol im black''
@joefuckingflacco11tds-0int4
@joefuckingflacco11tds-0int4 6 жыл бұрын
Almost everyone in Zimbabwe is black. It's not like he was a foreigner.
@mkb4289
@mkb4289 6 жыл бұрын
😀😀😀😀😀
@imnotgoingtotellyoumyname5874
@imnotgoingtotellyoumyname5874 6 жыл бұрын
@@joefuckingflacco11tds-0int4 rhodesia never die
@kyledavis4202
@kyledavis4202 5 жыл бұрын
What does have to do with anything? It happened in Yugoslavia, China, and Venezuela too. Stupidity knows no color
@marshillman9914
@marshillman9914 6 жыл бұрын
Question: Did Rhodesia have these same problems?
@kamuzu
@kamuzu 6 жыл бұрын
No, not at all. Southern Rhodesia's largest note was 10 Pounds up until 1963. After 1964 the largest note was only 5 pounds. When they changed to decimal system in 1970 their largest note was $10 (formerly 5 pounds). The $10 note remained the largest note in circulation right up until Zimbabwe Independence when they issued a $20 in 1980. So you can see the economy was very stable with very little inflation. The Rhodesian dollar was worth about $US 1.20 in the 1970s.
@kamuzu
@kamuzu 6 жыл бұрын
@Gaming User I think your answer is for Mars Hillman above, not me.
@LogieT2K
@LogieT2K 4 жыл бұрын
Rhodesias economy rivaled that of european countries. It was a true power house
@xtrmetvboxllc5520
@xtrmetvboxllc5520 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Zimbabwe let’s see who’s laughing now call Africa Zimbabwe the creation of humanity
@dankism9305
@dankism9305 6 жыл бұрын
The fact that it is cheaper than toliet paper...
@Goodiesfanful
@Goodiesfanful 6 жыл бұрын
I just saw on another KZbin video that the hyperinflation had Zimbabwe print the highest denomination note in history: 100 trillion dollars! Must be a Guinness World Record. You can find these notes on eBay now.
@Guy_de_Loimbard
@Guy_de_Loimbard 5 жыл бұрын
Even international sports was impacted. Zimbabwe used to be a cricket powerhouse, but it got so bad the cricket board couldn't even pay for the players' hotel and meals when traveling, so a bunch of them quit. Zimbabwe cricket has never been the same since.
@UnchainedEruption
@UnchainedEruption 8 жыл бұрын
Yes, we all know about Zimbabwe and hyperinflation.
@Mujangga
@Mujangga 6 жыл бұрын
Long live Rhodesia!
@melissab4710
@melissab4710 5 жыл бұрын
@@hectormowsmylawn6355English? Just curious.
@malacki6554
@malacki6554 6 жыл бұрын
I'm rich i have ten gazillion Zimbabwe dollars,take that America!
@daleftuprightatsoldierfield
@daleftuprightatsoldierfield 5 жыл бұрын
That’s about $5 in US dollars
@WilkineBrutus
@WilkineBrutus 6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Hyperinflation also happened in the Weimar Republic (Germany) in 1923
@aravind5259
@aravind5259 6 жыл бұрын
What about Hungary ?
@joeirungu5288
@joeirungu5288 6 жыл бұрын
Well the Western economies are doing the exact same thing as Zimbabwe with Quantitative Easing(QE).The inflationary effects of QE havent yet hit consumer prices but have fostered mega bubbles in Western stocks,bonds,real estate.Inevitably all this QE money will hit the general economies resulting in massive spike of consumer prices and the downward spiral into hyperinflation will result.As Voltaire once said "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value: zero".The US dollar,Euro,Yen,Yuan and others will go down the drain as Zimbabwean dollar
@richardfry2906
@richardfry2906 5 жыл бұрын
It is not happening as fast as you seemed to believe.
@Chrundle9
@Chrundle9 6 жыл бұрын
50 cent, also known as 50 million 60 million 70 million
@LogieT2K
@LogieT2K 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@jojomack4163
@jojomack4163 7 жыл бұрын
This video really scared the shit out of me! 1USD bought quadrillions of Zimbabwean dollars! WAKE UP PEOPLE.
@karlbahena1733
@karlbahena1733 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks to mugabe everyone in his country is now extremely wealthy people.
@randydavid8823
@randydavid8823 6 жыл бұрын
The amusing part here was, humanity especially leaders never learn from history as it was happened in the past. A vicious cycle of greed to no end in sight...
@mahmoudmohamed403
@mahmoudmohamed403 7 жыл бұрын
keynes approves
@enscade7950
@enscade7950 6 жыл бұрын
Hayek disapproves
@Ekricsoot
@Ekricsoot 3 жыл бұрын
The process of hyper inflation that you just described is exactly what happened in Venezuela with the Bolivar (bs) from aprox 2012 and up to this day, but the comunist got trickier, and they decided to take 3 ceros (000) out of the currency TWICE in different occasions which bought them some time, so that's (000.000), but still it got to a point where it was imposible for them to keep up with the printing because the cost of the process was greater than the currency itself. Today May 2021: 1 dollar = 3.150.602 bs.s ( three million one hundred and fifty thousand Bolivares Soberanos) When the reality is : 1$ = 3.150.602.000.000 ( three TRILLION Bolivares of the original value) Even the richest nation can go to bankruptcy if you ignore basic economics rules, but this people that did it couldn't care less. Thanks for sharing the knowledge👏.
@dreadshells5611
@dreadshells5611 5 жыл бұрын
Venezuala: Finally! A worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!
@mdabdullah4379
@mdabdullah4379 4 жыл бұрын
Mugabe did such injustice to his people. He was the father of the nation for Zimbabwe. Then became the most notorious dictator in its history
@alfabdall
@alfabdall 3 жыл бұрын
This might happen in the United States with all the stimulus payments.
@Vorpal_Wit
@Vorpal_Wit 8 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be more acurate to say that inflation is caused by the disparity in value between the supply of money and the amount of production - more money in circulation than justified by the amount of production? An increase in money supply in and of itself would not cause inflation if its accompanied by the equivalent increase in production, correct? The money supply has to grow at some point.
@saidmoor6428
@saidmoor6428 8 жыл бұрын
What happened in Zimbabwe is, instead of producing goods, they produced worthless paper money.
@MarginalRevolutionUniversity
@MarginalRevolutionUniversity 8 жыл бұрын
Hi Billy, Your intuition is correct - this relationship will get more clear when we talk about the quantity theory of money (2 weeks). -Roman
@UnchainedEruption
@UnchainedEruption 8 жыл бұрын
Billy Wardlaw Yes, I think it's often just assumed when people say increase in currency that they're talking about disproportionate increase in currency without the increase in goods or services.
@blownspeakersss
@blownspeakersss 7 жыл бұрын
The quantity theory equation is MV = PT , where M = money supply, V = velocity, P = average price level, and T = real value of transactions (kinda like real GDP). We can rewrite it like this: ΔM + ΔV = ΔP + ΔT where delta represents change. Lets write the ΔP (inflation) as a function of everything else: ΔP = ΔM + ΔV - ΔT. So your thinking was right: the price level will change directly proportional with money supply, but will change inversely proportionally to an increase in production (ΔT).
@chetan9526
@chetan9526 7 жыл бұрын
Billy Wardlaw ii
@insertwittynickname7830
@insertwittynickname7830 6 жыл бұрын
I like how in Zimbabwe you call the rapper 50 Cent “1.3 Decillion Dollars”.
@itachi4634
@itachi4634 4 жыл бұрын
But who keeps increasing the prices of products?
@akbrahma7739
@akbrahma7739 6 жыл бұрын
This is madness. Iam from a 3rd world nation, so I can feel how hopeless must aged and handicapped people have felt. Who kept a lotta cash as fixed deposit in banks.
@stevensolijon
@stevensolijon 5 жыл бұрын
I taught the value of USD TO ZWD is just ZWD35 Quadrillion, but in this video it is over ZWD2 Decillion per USD.
@lorenzor4024
@lorenzor4024 6 жыл бұрын
Nice video, very well explained. Since hyperinflation is now over in Zimbabwe, I wonder whether Venezuela is currently the most hyperinflationed country in the world. And was Zimbabwe's hyperinflation even worse than Hungary's?
@lurkingsoldi2107
@lurkingsoldi2107 5 жыл бұрын
Exactly what is happening in Venezuela
@armangeddongaming9237
@armangeddongaming9237 7 жыл бұрын
This might be a very stupid question, but when you have money printing machine, can't a president print money for himself to pay his country's debts and not have that money go in the economy? I hope you understood what I was trying to ask.
@IonSterpan
@IonSterpan 7 жыл бұрын
It would still not work because when Mugabe prints Zimbabwean money to pay his country's debts, his creditors outside Zimbabwe who receive the Zimbabwean money, can only buy Zimbabwean goods with them, and they will. That new money returns to chase the same amount of goods in Zimbabwe. So Mugabe is stuck with the same problem on inflation, which occurs when more Zimbabwean money chases the same amount of Zimbabwean goods.
@orppranator5230
@orppranator5230 6 жыл бұрын
Armangeddon Gaming by paying his debts, he is putting money into the economy.
@spare7230
@spare7230 6 жыл бұрын
Armangeddon Gaming Welp, the main issue with that from my understanding is that it's still going towards the economy. Basically, after that money is spent it's added to the economy, since that extra money has to be spent on said services. Then the currency is devalued, and when the President requires more cash he'll print more because it's not circulating, further devaluing the currency. A vicious cycle. Again, this is from my relatively basic, likely flawed knowledge, and other repliers have explained it better.
@divinest
@divinest 6 жыл бұрын
it will soon go to the public
@Shinobi33
@Shinobi33 6 жыл бұрын
Armangeddon Gaming just stick to playing Fortnite kid. And please don't ever vote.
@Goodiesfanful
@Goodiesfanful 6 жыл бұрын
This video is very well made and easy to follow.
@ts.irwanmazwanibrahim1578
@ts.irwanmazwanibrahim1578 6 жыл бұрын
Over print lead to hyperinflation
@spencerallen2645
@spencerallen2645 6 жыл бұрын
And this is what became of wealthy, developed, prosperous Rhodeshia. Great job Mugabe.
@smudge7057
@smudge7057 6 жыл бұрын
"I'd like a loaf of bread and a pack of cigarettes pls." "That'll be 850 billion Zimbabwe dollars sir." Dude everyone in Zimbabwe is a billionaire. #winning
@kyorone0420
@kyorone0420 5 жыл бұрын
When your about to do execute your greatest plan. *Press F to print more money*
@Gamesational1
@Gamesational1 4 жыл бұрын
If the United States Federal Reserve does this... haha money printer go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
@dogwithwigwamz.7320
@dogwithwigwamz.7320 5 жыл бұрын
I was listening to BBC Radio 2 today with Jeremy Vine interviewing John Simpson. Simpson recalled the day he and some of his fellows were in Zimbabwe during Mugabe`s tenure and out to lunch. The price of the lunch - he said - rose four times during the eating.
@kylemitchell4647
@kylemitchell4647 Жыл бұрын
From Zimbabwe. When pay day came around, staff were given time off as soon as they received salaries to go and buy groceries before the prices went up and the money devalued. I remember a loaf of bread being the equivalent of $1 and within 24 hours the same loaf of bread costed $1 mil
@gargieagnihotri
@gargieagnihotri 6 жыл бұрын
Omg who is the minister of finance there ? 😂😂😂
@billasswhole9995
@billasswhole9995 5 жыл бұрын
That's a damn good question. I can't believe any government in their right mind would do something like that. The minister of finance should have been sent to prison for life.
@tomp6792
@tomp6792 5 жыл бұрын
Well, Mugabe WAS the Finance Minister. He was Minister of Everything. A dictator.
@mr.gfresh8084
@mr.gfresh8084 6 жыл бұрын
The IRS is doing the same in America too
@jesselmahon1295
@jesselmahon1295 5 жыл бұрын
The idiots around you don't know what you are talking about.
@lorenzovanmatterhorn
@lorenzovanmatterhorn 6 жыл бұрын
Germany 1923 : we have created the greatest hyperinflation ever Mugabe 2009 : Germany hold my beer Chavez 2018 : Mugabe hold my beer
@janmikhailgaid4562
@janmikhailgaid4562 4 жыл бұрын
Chavez 2018? You mean Maduro 2018
@marcjay077
@marcjay077 4 жыл бұрын
Rothchild's: were the first trillionaires Zimbabwean's: hold my worthless trillions!
@mecheatgood
@mecheatgood 6 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention the not-widely-known hyperinflation that happened in the United States in America in the year 2008 A.D. Spain went through hyperinflation too back in its colonial era.
@BlinkYouMiss
@BlinkYouMiss 6 жыл бұрын
mecheatgood and thats when Bitcoin came
@thesubscriber660
@thesubscriber660 6 жыл бұрын
Very good explanation. Glad I discovered your channel. Subscribed. Keep up the good work!
@artt9252
@artt9252 3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad we have very competent leaders here in the US so we don't have to come across anything like this. Heck, because if we were ever in a similar situation, our leaders - they'r too intelligent to overlook other incidents taking place in different countries... I mean, it's great that we're doing nothing like this, right? Fiat currencies never fail, right? It's good were off the gold standard, right?
@mrthud1981
@mrthud1981 2 жыл бұрын
Biden is not competent. He is printed no money and handing it out. He is about to do it again to everyone.
@artt9252
@artt9252 2 жыл бұрын
@@mrthud1981 yeah, I hear you. My entire statement was sarcasm :)
@collentreefelling9142
@collentreefelling9142 2 жыл бұрын
You have hyperinflation because most people can't afford to hire someone or to pay rent in a decent flat.
@fatihh2940
@fatihh2940 2 жыл бұрын
Yes it's good we are off gold standard as today's world economy is too big to be pegged to gold.
@baha3alshamari152
@baha3alshamari152 Жыл бұрын
@@fatihh2940 You mean today's world economy is based on printing money without standards and limits Isn't that the same thing Zimbabwe did
@giegahitonmba1531
@giegahitonmba1531 4 жыл бұрын
Great!.Thanks for this
@PCUBED09
@PCUBED09 6 жыл бұрын
When the Easter Bunny gives you $100 billion but your friend got $100 trillion
@tembe2638
@tembe2638 5 жыл бұрын
it was actually worse than it sounds, i remember one day i went into checking out cellphone prices when i went back home to get the money after an hour the money thatwas supposed to buy me a cell phone could now only buy me a cell phone battery
@MABGaming01
@MABGaming01 6 жыл бұрын
Bill Gates getting jelly
@teole6364
@teole6364 3 жыл бұрын
Happening in the US now. Let’s go Brandon!
@aTalkingDude
@aTalkingDude 8 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation!
@MrK-wu7ci
@MrK-wu7ci 7 жыл бұрын
It's junk. They start off with a false premise "when you're a dictator" and never look back. Just because of the US government does not like the outcome of the election and defies SADC and AU observer missions as well as the Zimbabwe Election Commission, doesn't mean they're a dictatorship, or that the Zimbabwean people didn't get to choose between the ZANU-PF and the MDC. But if you're an economist, you presume you don't need to know that. Now you know what I think of economics. :) Apparently, economists agree.
@sumerrana6805
@sumerrana6805 6 жыл бұрын
I almost cried on that chaos..
@thecrap17yearsago35
@thecrap17yearsago35 6 жыл бұрын
YugoSlavia didn't exist in 1994 lawl
@unicornbunny6190
@unicornbunny6190 5 жыл бұрын
Yep, Yugoslavia was bimbed n butchered in 1991.
@owenmitchell1469
@owenmitchell1469 4 жыл бұрын
He probably means all of the countries that used to be apart of Yugoslavia
@thedoddcast9469
@thedoddcast9469 6 жыл бұрын
I hear a lot about how important it would be to be debt free in the event of hyperinflation. Why is that? If I owe $90,000 on student loans, a truck, and a car, how would I be affected? Wouldn't most people be in the same situation?
@MrK-kr1qi
@MrK-kr1qi 6 жыл бұрын
Me in country simulator
@davidn13
@davidn13 5 ай бұрын
They should at least get more supplying more materials and food and beverages, Instead of just printing too much money.
@abrarshahriar4039
@abrarshahriar4039 5 жыл бұрын
HE: Hey!!! I am trillionaire!!! ME: Where are u from??? HE: Zimbabwe ME: ded!!!XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
@lkhagwadorj
@lkhagwadorj 5 жыл бұрын
what were their economists thinking
@Mreatsleepgym
@Mreatsleepgym 6 жыл бұрын
*Bitcoin!*
@rohanofelvenpower5566
@rohanofelvenpower5566 6 жыл бұрын
Jerry Tan has a limited number of total coins
@dedesmith613
@dedesmith613 5 жыл бұрын
Bit coin is automatic bankrupcy.
@DimanjanDahal
@DimanjanDahal Жыл бұрын
John Maynard Keynes would be proud of Zimbabwe.
@blessingchifamba6755
@blessingchifamba6755 8 жыл бұрын
much love from Zimbabwe!
@manhoosnick
@manhoosnick 6 жыл бұрын
How are things there brother?
@youngBossneverbrokeagain
@youngBossneverbrokeagain 6 жыл бұрын
Hi
@basedpro-ua3470
@basedpro-ua3470 6 жыл бұрын
Ooga booga
@soggers546
@soggers546 2 жыл бұрын
Personal and social responsibilities are the biggest factors in economies. Welfare and equity is the balloon.
@immakings634
@immakings634 7 жыл бұрын
Zimbabweans became millionaires but they couldn't do anything with the money, if i was a Zimbabwean i would try and keep some money till the time when the currency would be powerful again and i would be a real millionaire
@trestres236
@trestres236 7 жыл бұрын
Chizzy kings those trillion dollar bills go for $30-$40 USD on eBay now
@taimoor5478
@taimoor5478 6 жыл бұрын
Chizzy kings nigga that's not how this works
@michaelschmidt4199
@michaelschmidt4199 5 жыл бұрын
The problem is the money never does become powerful again because when the have to do a revaluation and chop off 12 zeros, the old note are demonitized and become worthless
@ComposedNobody
@ComposedNobody 6 ай бұрын
I read that as "being a doctor is hard"
@BoyDude23
@BoyDude23 5 жыл бұрын
lmao i could be a better president in economics than mugabe
@GeronKizan
@GeronKizan 5 жыл бұрын
its odd yet funny how CNN right now is giving basically a eulogy for Robert's passing but ignoring his massive printing and bankrupting his country's money into a meme.
@MayankPrasad111
@MayankPrasad111 6 жыл бұрын
WE WUZ ECONOMISTS AND SHIIIIIT
@cliffsofmoher4220
@cliffsofmoher4220 Жыл бұрын
Same is happening in the UK since brexit since they kicked out eastern Europeans farmers now they are suffering from inflation at least they are not printing money
@Foxyfreedom
@Foxyfreedom 4 жыл бұрын
USA slowly headed for the same demise.
@bukanmatin5973
@bukanmatin5973 4 жыл бұрын
I Agree. Seriously tho- why the US government made such a decision? Pfft
@eavn9684
@eavn9684 4 жыл бұрын
Anti American Dictionary: Slowly, [Sloh-Lee] An event that isn't actually going to happen, but still stated to cause fear.
@sunshinedaniela8572
@sunshinedaniela8572 5 жыл бұрын
3:13 Noone's trying to say it, but that's 2.622 * 10^34 $Z. Imagine fitting this amount of smallest possible units of space into a meter. You would be a quarter of the way there. That's how big that number is.
@tabularasa9576
@tabularasa9576 6 жыл бұрын
Lol these guys from Africa probably didn't know what a trillion is...
@zeklez1164
@zeklez1164 6 жыл бұрын
please do a basic google search before writing a dumb, ignorant comment online
@durian111
@durian111 3 жыл бұрын
You know it gonna get worst when they skip billionaire and straight to trillionaire
Measuring Inflation
5:23
Marginal Revolution University
Рет қаралды 376 М.
Zimbabwe’s Currency Crisis: the worthless $100 trillion bill
11:28
How Many Balloons To Make A Store Fly?
00:22
MrBeast
Рет қаралды 152 МЛН
УДИВИЛ ВСЕХ СВОИМ УХОДОМ!😳 #shorts
00:49
HARD_MMA
Рет қаралды 3,8 МЛН
Why can’t prices just stay the same?
7:31
Vox
Рет қаралды 1,8 МЛН
Living With Nearly 100% Inflation
10:55
VICE News
Рет қаралды 1,6 МЛН
Gold Mafia - Episode 2 - Smoke & Mirrors | Al Jazeera Investigations
59:22
Al Jazeera English
Рет қаралды 3,1 МЛН
INFLATION, Explained in 6 Minutes
10:07
Johnny Harris
Рет қаралды 2,1 МЛН
Why is Argentina’s economy such a mess?
13:11
The Economist
Рет қаралды 3 МЛН
Gold Mafia - Episode 1 - The Laundry Service I Al Jazeera Investigations
51:32
Al Jazeera English
Рет қаралды 7 МЛН
How Many Balloons To Make A Store Fly?
00:22
MrBeast
Рет қаралды 152 МЛН