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Oct 2020
1h 20m

SLP218 Philip Haslam & Russ Lamberti - D...

STEPHAN LIVERA
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Philip Haslam and Russ Lamberti join me to talk about their book on Zimbabwe and hyperinflation, When Money Destroys Nations. We chat about:

  • Where hyperinflation has happened before
  • The culture of debt & entitlement
  • Print and spend vs loan and spend
  • The stages or ‘gorge moments’
  • Financial repression
  • Liquidity obfuscation
  • How might future hyperinflation episodes play out

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