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Hyperinflation: Weimar, Zimbabwe, Venezuela

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Dr. Maya Chen hands you log-scale inflation charts, so you convert axis readings into real percentages for Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and 1920s Weimar Germany, trace each collapse to its political trigger, then advise a fictional finance minister facing 30 percent monthly inflation.

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