What causes hyperinflation and how can it be avoided in the first place or stopped if it occurs? What characterizes countries which fall victim to hyperinflation? A conversation between show host Gene Tunny and his colleague Arturo Espinoza which explores the economic theory and evidence around hyperinflation, and discusses peculiarities which can arise in hyperinflation-afflicted economies - e.g. pensions denominated in cows in Zimbabwe.
What causes hyperinflation and how can it be avoided in the first place or stopped if it occurs? What characterizes countries which fall victim to hyperinflation? A conversation between show host Gene Tunny and his colleague Arturo Espinoza which explores the economic theory and evidence around hyperinflation, and discusses peculiarities which can arise in hyperinflation-afflicted economies - e.g. pensions denominated in cows in Zimbabwe.
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Current inflation rates around the world:
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/inflation-rate?continent=world
What is hyperinflation and should we be worried? (WEF article from June 2022):
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/06/hyperinflation-inflation-interest-rate/
Wikipedia entry for former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Fujimori
Why a Zimbabwean firm offers pensions denominated in cows | The Economist
The Modern Hyperinflation Cycle: Some New Empirical Regularities (IMF Working paper from 2018):
Chris Edmond’s note on Cagan’s model of hyperinflation:
https://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~cedmond/ge07pt/notes_cagan.pdf
Alberto Alesina and Lawrence H. Summers’ paper Central Bank Independence and Macroeconomic Performance: Some Comparative Evidence:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2077833
Bitcoin Could Solve Zimbabwe’s Hyperinflation Problem—Instead, The Country Is Telling Impoverished Citizens To ‘Just Buy Gold’ (Forbes article):
Inflation is spiking in Zimbabwe (again). Why high interest rates aren’t the answer (Conversation article by Jonathan Munemo):
Thanks to Josh Crotts for mixing the episode and to the show’s sponsor, Gene’s consultancy business www.adepteconomics.com.au.
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