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What happened to savings in Zimbabwe when they printed trillions of dollars? Did that do anything to what those savings would buy?

• hgomersall 8mo ago
  Here is a discussion of Zimbabwe more complete that I'm likely to write in a comment on HN: https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=3773 https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=3773
• inigyou 8mo ago
  It is possible that curves are not linear. That is, it is possible that doing 1 of a thing is good, while doing 1000000 of a thing is bad. Your argument is the same as "you say you need water to survive? But what happens if you're trapped in a giant fish tank with no air pocket?" It is not a good argument.
  • DANmode 8mo ago
    > It is possible that curves are not linear. Only reason this one wouldn’t be, is human sentiment being nonlinear. You’re asking to be trapped in a small fish tank with no air pocket…still not a good argument.
    • inigyou 8mo ago
      You're absolutely right - human sentiment is always linear. If somebody likes eating pizza, they love being forcefed pizza 24/7 until their stomach explodes. Not.
      • DANmode 8mo ago
        I said “nonlinear”. Read more carefully before getting snippy, here. Better: don’t get snippy here at all!