Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Moonman62

Venezuela is a prime example of currency increasingly perceived as worthless, combined with rampant shortages. If you want to go to root causes of both, then productivity comes into play, but productivity is actually punished under such socialist regimes, whether that’s their intention or not it’s the reality in the end.


24 posted on 12/03/2018 7:59:32 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies ]


To: RegulatorCountry

Yes, productivity in Venezuela declined because of their government.

The same was true for Zimbabwe which had hyperinflation.

While crushing war debt was the fundamental cause of the Weimar Republic’s hyperinflation, it was triggered by a sharp decline in productivity caused by a massive strike.


27 posted on 12/03/2018 8:22:42 AM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson