tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post819571641293507182..comments2024-03-18T08:59:55.045+05:30Comments on The Leap Blog: Zimbabwe's hyperinflationAjay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-60578504886410618582008-07-03T20:20:00.000+05:302008-07-03T20:20:00.000+05:30Thanks Ajay, for pointing to the Botswana v Zimbab...Thanks Ajay, for pointing to the Botswana v Zimbabwe comparison - very interesting.<BR/>I used a very old Nikon manual camera while I was in Zim (digital cameras never made it beyond customs. Soldiers would even "confiscate" unworn T-shirts in passenger's bags!). It is etched in my mind the sight of a young man "guarding" cash in gas stations with notes swelling upto his calves.<BR/>I have preserved some Z$5, Z$10 notes - locals told me that in 1990 those were enough to buy provisions for a month.<BR/>I was wondering - is there any evidence of an African country coming out from an economic/social/political crisis?<BR/><BR/>Sincerely<BR/>SubrataAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-4919811596697429762008-07-03T11:52:00.000+05:302008-07-03T11:52:00.000+05:30Would you be able to get photographs of gas statio...Would you be able to get photographs of gas stations weighing money!?<BR/><BR/>You have seen <A HREF="http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/tale-of-two-countries.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>?Ajay Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-73894671827345064222008-07-03T11:36:00.000+05:302008-07-03T11:36:00.000+05:30Call these firms Economic Undertakers - making mon...Call these firms Economic Undertakers - making money on death!<BR/><BR/>I lived in Harare for a year just as things were turning for the worse. I've seen gas stations weighing money (Zim then ran out of ink to print currencies, $500 being the then highest denomination, and didn't have fx to import ink) and price of pizza change between you getting into the queue and reaching the counter.<BR/><BR/>Every economic and social theory can tested with Zimbabwe as subject.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely<BR/>SubrataAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com