hyper-inflation

The reason there has been a mix of deflation and modest inflation in various sectors inlieu of hyper-inflation as an effect of the increase in the money supply … is because the velocity of money has decreased significantly.

Matthew Yglesias » Deflation 2010

Germany will not allow it because the national myth holds that the Weimar Republic's hyper-inflation of 1923 brought the Nazis to power.

Guilt is both a reason, and an excuse, for German inaction | Nick Cohen 2011

EU admission provides access to European markets, free emigration to high-wage labor markets (with some delays and limitations), and near-immunity to future hyper-inflation.

A Faustian Bargain: Romania and Bulgaria Join the EU, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The reason there has been a mix of deflation and modest inflation in various sectors inlieu of hyper-inflation as an effect of the increase in the money supply … is because the velocity of money has decreased significantly.

Matthew Yglesias » The Fed Tightens 2010

Forcing the ECB to provide bailout funds will ring alarm bells in Germany, with memories of the hyper-inflation of the 1920s and 1930s Photograph: Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images

Eurozone debt crisis: EU members line up to demand ECB intervention 2011

But I've also long raised my eyebrow when libertarians predicted a Clintonian coup, hyper-inflation, or an American re-run of the Weimar republic.

What, Me Worry?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

There are a multitude of reasons for this, from the historical -- Weimer hyper-inflation contributed to the rise of Hitler -- to the belief that countries should not be bailed out for living beyond their means.

Imogen Lloyd Webber: Euro Collapse and the American Impact Imogen Lloyd Webber 2012

Memories of the hyper-inflation of the Weimar Republic, and who and what that led to, have profoundly shaped Germany's response to the idea that the ECB should be allowed to print its way out of this crisis.

The only power world leaders have is to frustrate each other | Andrew Rawnsley 2011

I made the comment that the yuppie manipulation of Wall Street and government interference would bring about hyper-inflation in this country and everyone who put their sense of security and stability in six figure incomes and retirement's savings would be lost.

Jerry Nelson: We Can't Eat Money Jerry Nelson 2011

The potential for a hyper-inflation event is baked into the system.

Matthew Yglesias » Chinese Growth Strong, Inflation Fears Mounting 2010