Hyperinflation is when inflation accelerates extremely quickly at very high rates, causing the country's money to become essentially worthless. It happened in Zimbabwe when its dictator needed some more cash to bribe his enemies and reward his allies. He had taxed his people dry, they were all bankrupt and out of work. So he decided to just make more money. He printed more and more money and dumped it into the economy. This made the value of the Zimbabwean currency plummet. Practically everyone was a millionaire, but a million dollars would only get you a chicken, maybe. It got so bad that at one point one American dollar was worth over two trillion Zimbabwean dollars!
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