What would you do with $100 billion?

07/21/08  Print This Post Print This Post    1 Comment   Popular   Written by Eva Holland
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In Zimbabwe, the answer is: not much.

The troubled country has just introduced a $100 billion banknote – according to this CNN story, it is equivalent to one US dollar, and is good for the purchase of four oranges.

For more on Zimbabwe’s ongoing financial disaster and, uh, democracy deficit, check out this Pulse post from a while back, which includes a whole whack of useful links.

Photo of $5 billion note by poopface productions (Creative Commons)


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Eva Holland is a contributing editor to the Matador Network. She recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of quitting her day job to write and travel full time.

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