Timeline for answer to Does it harm a country/society/economy to destroy a large amount of their money? by Steve
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| Mar 26, 2024 at 9:48 | comment | added | pjc50 | The en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdollar forgeries caused speculation that Iran was forging them, for a combination of direct profit and anti-US action. | |
| Mar 24, 2024 at 12:42 | comment | added | Adam Přenosil | "Typically when attacking a state's economy, you want to [...] forg[e] hard currency, and thus [turn] on the printing presses when the state in question wants them switched off." It may be worth adding some historical examples of this to the answer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bernhard In contrast, I doubt there are historical examples of a country trying to destroy their adversary by burning their money. | |
| Mar 23, 2024 at 8:29 | history | edited | Steve | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 23, 2024 at 8:07 | history | answered | Steve | CC BY-SA 4.0 |