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Old 02-14-2009, 05:54 AM   #1
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Default 0.1 gram of gold for a loaf of bread in Zimbabwe

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MDC activist Sam Chakaipa returns to his village in rural Zimbabwe to find his friends and neighbours starving to death, reduced to panning gold powder from the rivers to exchange for food at an exorbitant rate
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/vide...tarvation-food

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Old 02-14-2009, 12:30 PM   #2
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Default Re: 0.1 gram of gold for a leaf of bread in Zimbabwe

In reality...

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Old 02-14-2009, 03:03 PM   #3
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Default Re: 0.1 gram of gold for a leaf of bread in Zimbabwe

The video is quite upsetting when you see what happens when the currency has no value.
Working a whole day for a loaf of broad; it can't happen here because .....??
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