Zimbabwe

Do You Need a Good Laugh?

Then consider this headline:

Zimbabwe stock exchange resumes trading, in US dollars

I call it the McDonalds laugh. Good for a moment, until you feel that pit in your stomach when you realize what the Zimbabweans are in for. Their timing could not have been worse. Or course, we will all be in this together, soon enough.

The 35 Million Dollar Loaf of Bread

No, it's not bionic, it's Zimbabwe. They've just started printing $200 notes as a consequence of hyperinflation.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/06/zimbabwe.currency/index.html

Let's all hope the dollar doesn't end up trading 1:1 someday soon.