Zimbabwe suffered economic collapse because it destroyed its farmland and had no economically productive industries left. Venezuela suffered economic collapse b

Zimbabwe suffered economic collapse because it destroyed its farmland and had no economically productive industries left. Venezuela suffered economic collapse because its industrial base was rendered non-competitive and destroyed. In neither case was the hyperinflation caused by "spending just a bit too much" - it was a side effect of killing economically productive industries and attempts to pay off externally denominated debts.