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> No matter what anyone did, the currency would lose value week after week, month after month. Cannot one convert their money to dollars or gold and start gett
by codedokode 4y ago
> No matter what anyone did, the currency would lose value week after week, month after month.
Cannot one convert their money to dollars or gold and start getting profit from inflation?
UPD: I forgot that in such cases governments usually impose large tax on currency conversion. Obviously you can't outsmart the government.
- smnrchrds 4y agoIf everyone sells their currency to but dollars, the currency loses even more value faster compared to dollars, so currency controls are put in place, like Argentina did for a while: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_currency_controls_(2011%E2%80%932015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_currency_controls_(2...
- GFischer 4y agoWhat do you mean "for a while", Argentina has currency controls TODAY. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-25/argentina-limits-banks-daily-holdings-of-cash-in-dollars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-25/argentina...
- smnrchrds 4y agoIt used to have currency controls. It still does, but it used to too.