r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/PuzzleheadedFee6943 8h ago

why not just start printing money then?!

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u/Classy_Maggot 8h ago

Germany tried that once. There's a reason the Weimar Republic lasted for about a decade

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u/CreBanana0 8h ago

No seriously. Why tf would you get hyperinflation if you are countering deflation?

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u/amitym 2h ago

Because printing new money normally goes with economic growth. If you print new money during economic contraction instead, you're making things worse in a different way.

There's a reason people call it a death spiral.