This book tells the story of the hyperinflation in Weimar Germany and its aftermath (1919-1926) and, to some extent, the ensuing rise of Hitler's Nazi Germany.

When Money Dies is the classic history of what happens when a nation's currency depreciates beyond recovery.In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless ...

WHEN a nation's money is no longer a source of security, and when inflation has become the concern of an entire people, it is natural to turn for information ...

"When Money Dies" shows what happens when reality reasserts itself. It's not pretty. This classic study by Adam Fergusson, first published in 1975, thus has ...

Glaring at diners in restaurants gigging their meals prior to the price riding....trips to the outskirts of town to poach or slaughter farmers animals. The ...

The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany.This was a time of bizarre parallels: amazing riches coinciding with ...

People watched helplessly as their life savings disappeared and their loved ones starved. Germany's finances descended into chaos, with severe social unrest in ...

When Money Dies is a narrative history of the hyper-inflation crisis that brought the Weimar Republic to its knees in the 1920s, and helped to pave the way ...

In short, you will find this book terrifying, gripping, educational, and extremely powerful.

Aug 12, 2012 · Sometimes excessive money creation causes and feeds out-of- control inflation. Sometimes, excessive bank reserve creation is necessary to ...