For a more Austrian viewpoint that is very well sourced and quite compelling imo I'd recommend this series of videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YygQ0Wq0w

For a more Austrian viewpoint that is very well sourced and quite compelling imo I'd recommend this series of videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YygQ0Wq0wDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YygQ0Wq0wDA It argues quite convincingly that war reparations had almost nothing to do with the hyperinflation and that the seeds were sown way before ww1 and then watered during WW1 when germany essentially became a command economy and finally harvested by the first Weimar government's managment.