Showing posts with label Havenstein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Havenstein. Show all posts

Saturday, March 26, 2011

The German Hyperinflation, 1923

Since PBS is government-subsidized, I feel safe in linking this article.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/ess_germanhyperinflation.html

For those more curious, Google Weimar Republic.  Or Rudolf Havenstein.  Yes, I know--I am repeating myself.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Havenstein's choice

Rudolf Havenstein was President of the Reichsbank, Germany's central bank during the hyperinflationary Weimar Republic.

This paper examines inflationory and deflationary forces and their effect on gold prices. Some of the conclusions are rather surprising, some aren't.

http://www.24hgold.com/english/news-gold-silver-havenstein-s-choice.aspx?contributor=Hyperinflation+chronicles&article=965023390G10020&redirect=False