• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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    26 days ago

    One neat trick that economists don’t want you to know about! (It’s not paying people)

    Mefo bills were issued to mature in six months, but with a provision for indefinite 90-day extensions at the government’s behest. To further entice investors, Mefo bills carried an annual interest rate of 4%, higher than that of other trade bills at the time.

    To make sure that the bills were never exchanged for Reichsmarks, which would lead to inflation, the 90-day maturation period was continually extended until the maturation was changed to a period of five years by 1939.[6] The exact total volume of Mefo bills issued was kept secret. However, as previously stated, it is assumed billions were printed.

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      25 days ago

      Plus the whole “Let’s steal everything from our Jewish population”, which combined with the not paying people thing, sounds to me like the whole Nazi Economic Miracle is a bit of a “the secret ingredient is crime” economic approach.

      I mean… they even stole their fucking teeth.