The Cash Crank: Monetary Policy Game
Chapter 1

The central bank machine

Chapter 2

Government budgets and taxes

Chapter 3

When money loses its meaning

Chapter 4

The global economy dance

YOUR GOAL

Master of Monetary and fiscal policies explained

Ch 3 · When money loses its meaning
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diego The nightmare of hyperinflation

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diego Weimar Republic Hyperinflation

We're wallpapering the rooms with cash, and burning bills to keep us warm!

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diego The modern tragedy of Zimbabwe

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The silent trap of deflation

diego Falling prices sound good but can actually freeze an entire economy's growth.

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The modern tragedy of Zimbabwe

diego Extreme political decisions in the 2000s led to one of history's worst currency collapses.

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The Cash Crank
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diego Turn the cash crank to learn how central banks control the flow of money.

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Fun Fact

Millionaire bills: In 1946, Hungary printed a banknote worth 100 quintillion pengő, the highest denomination paper bill ever put into circulation.

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Glossary
hyperinflation (noun)
Monetary inflation occurring at a very high and rapidly accelerating rate. In the 1920s, Germany experienced a catastrophic episode that rendered its national currency completely worthless.

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Gossip

Which economic nightmare sounds the scariest?

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Quiz

What economic term describes a general, sustained decline in the prices of goods and services?

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Quiz

What is the term for the period of economic stagnation and deflation that Japan experienced starting in the 1990s?

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Quiz

Why did citizens in Weimar Germany use paper banknotes as wallpaper in 1923?

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Quiz

Which African country printed a 100-trillion-dollar banknote in 2008 due to extreme hyperinflation?

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Quiz

Which US President officially ended the gold standard backing of the US dollar in 1971?

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Quiz

In November 1923, which country experienced hyperinflation so severe that a loaf of bread cost 200 billion marks?

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Quiz

Under the 1944 Bretton Woods system, the US dollar was pegged to which physical asset?

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Quiz

What is the primary danger of a deflationary spiral in an economy?

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