actually this article has the cars example: http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2008/05/21/zimbabwe_i nflation_now_over_1_million_percent/
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I didn't even think 2.2 million % inflation was possible. Actually I > didn't think you could increase much of anything by 2.2 million % or 1 > million % or whatever. As a matter of fact I was under the naive > impression that inflation was sort of more or less the same all over > the world. The value of the dollar might change, but I didn't > attribute this to inflation necessarily, just swings in the economy. > Guess it's a good thing I didn't become an economist! So this means in > Zimbabwe you have to earn a million times more to afford what you could > a year or so ago? Like the article says, a loaf of bread costs the > same as 60 cars did a few years ago. Wow. > http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080716/wl_africa_afp/zimbabweeconomyinfl at > ion_080716160040 >
