In fact, using a 10-year moving average, Germany and Europe's current troubles are barely visible. The country's post-WWI hyperinflation actually breaks the chart. The inflation was so severe ...

That was in 1914. In 1923, at the most fevered moment of the German hyperinflation, the exchange rate between the dollar and the Mark was one trillion Marks to one dollar, and a wheelbarrow full ...

Unfortunately, that idea backfired. It led to skyrocketing hyperinflation, economic breakdown, weaker institutions, and a destabilization of German politics. The key thing to remember here is that ...