halfelfhalfreindeer

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TIL: In 2013, after Zimbabwe finished paying the salaries of public workers, the government had only $217 in the entire country's bank balance due to decades of financial mismanagement and 231 mill... in c/til

[–] halfelfhalfreindeer 3 points 2 years ago

Well, kudos to whoever decided to actually pay them. Some governments would have just shrugged. Not that their government has done well with their economic situation in general - their hyperinflation issues were in large part the result of terrible, poorly planned policy.

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