The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency…

Ernest Hemingway
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The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2014). The Hemingway Collection, p.4177, Simon and Schuster
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The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (2014). The Hemingway Collection, p.4177, Simon and Schuster

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