Inflation

Econs. The subject in which you dun need to either go for lectures or do tutorials to get a reasonably good grade. coughcough,igotaDforeconspromos. yay.

Today, i seat first row for econs tutorial leh. so enthu. Then, some random dude, i think most probably hsuan te asked like " why is inflation bad or something?" and then, like somewhere through the conversation with our highly entertaining tutor. he was like" in germany(post ww1), the inflation was so bad, .... "

Aberlador enters a run-down little teashop on the outskirts of the city of Berlin. There were many seats to choose from naturally, considering the state of the country now. Inflation was now the nation's top killer. Notes printed in the trillions daily, one can only imagine the kind of prices things cost nowadays. Insanity. Attempts to bring the spiraling, suicidal inflation rates down have only been met with huge resistance. Just recently, Mathias Erzberger, the Weimar's new minister of finance was assassinated for what? For trying to bring back some sense into this world. This crazy world they were living in.
Calling for the waiter, he took a quick glance at his watch. 4.20p.m. " i would like some tea, the cheapest one you've got. " The old, wrinkled man spoke with a clear and crisp tone. There were no menus to look from, the prices changed everything 5 minutes. There was this cruel joke he heard from his friend, that the time that it takes for them to prepare your meal, the price would have increased by the hundreds. The very truth of it, makes it even more of a joke. " yes sir, right away sir. " the rugged young man, full of scars from the frontline. War, is but a friend only to the devil. He sighed. What about inflation then? It is the weapon the devil uses after he is done taking the lives of the militia after the war. A much more powerful weapon.

Basically, money was so abundant, it would more economical for you to use it to wipe your backside, then to actually buy something with it. hahahah.

Salmon, signing out.