After multiple blunders in economic and monetary policies, Mister Robert Mugabe had caused the hyperinflation of the Zimbabwean Dollar. An unofficial figure in January 2009 pegged the inflation rate at 6.5x10^108. Even though as a consequence of such hyperinflation the citizens of Zimbabwe struggled in hunger, he lived a lavish life, hosting parties that cost more than 1.2 million US dollars.
The illustration shows a Zimbabwean President having fun at her birthday party decorated with the trillion Zimbabwean Dollar bills that are worth less than the paper on which they were printed. Although she herself seemed oblivious, her maids seemed to have already given up on life...
After multiple blunders in economic and monetary policies, Mister Robert Mugabe had caused the hyperinflation of the Zimbabwean Dollar. An unofficial figure in January 2009 pegged the inflation rate at 6.5x10^108. Even though as a consequence of such hyperinflation the citizens of Zimbabwe struggled in hunger, he lived a lavish life, hosting parties that cost more than 1.2 million US dollars.
The illustration shows a Zimbabwean President having fun at her birthday party decorated with the trillion Zimbabwean Dollar bills that are worth less than the paper on which they were printed. Although she herself seemed oblivious, her maids seemed to have already given up on life...
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