Well, you reap what you sow. Or in this case, what you don't sow. It's killed whatever economy they had. Inflation soars past 100,000% [?=Read] Zimbabwe inflation soars past 100,000% By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HARARE, Zimbabwe - The official rate of annual inflation in Zimbabwe has rocketed past the 100,000 per cent barrier, by far the highest in the world. Second-placed Iraq has inflation of just 60 per cent. The Zimbabwe statistics office says inflation rose to 100,580 per cent in January, up from 66,212 in December. The new official figure is still well below the rate calculated by independent analysts. They estimate the real inflation is closer to 150,000 per cent, citing supermarket receipts that show the price of chicken rose more than 236,000 per cent to 15 million Zimbabwe dollars, or about $2.15, per kilogram between Jan. 2007 and Jan. 2008. Zimbabwe is facing acute shortages of food, gasoline and most basic goods in an economic meltdown blamed on the often-violent seizures of thousands of white-owned commercial farms that began in 2000 and was accompanied by political violence and turmoil. Economic hardship is a key issue in national elections scheduled for March 29 in which President Robert Mugabe, who turns 84 on Friday, is facing the biggest challenge to his hold on power since he led the nation to independence in 1980. Inflation, food shortages and the crumbling of power, water, sanitation, roads, phones and communications and other utilities have fuelled deep divisions in the ruling ZANU-PF party. In early October, the state central statistical office gave official inflation at just below 8,000 per cent. It then suspended its monthly updates on inflation because there was not enough in the shortage-stricken shops to calculate a regular basket of goods. November's already dizzying rate of 24,470 per cent was announced in January and earlier this month the official rate for December was given as 66,212 per cent, a dramatic escalation in the space of a month. The National Incomes and Prices Commission, the government's price control body, this month allowed sharp increases in the prices of the corn meal staple, sugar, bread and other basics in a bid to restore viable operations by producers and return the goods to empty shelves. But the new prices were still roughly half the price demanded on the black market and were unlikely to guarantee regular supplies to food stores. Inflation in southern Africa is mostly in single digits. Neighbouring South Africa recorded inflation last year of about 5 per cent and in northern neighbour Zambia inflation rose slightly to just below 9 per cent. In Africa's fastest shrinking economy, per capita gross domestic product in Zimbabwe fell from about $200 in 1996 to about $9 a head last year.[/?]
Social justice and land reforms triumph yet again! Let the fuckers starve; it'll be a good lesson for the rest of the uncivilized world on the importance of private property rights.
The UN should step up and send them food. But maybe not, since it'll probably just go to propping up the warlord Robert Mugabe and keeping him in power while the rest of the country starves. Just like in North Korea.
Revolution is all that will straighten that place out. They will have to rise up and overthrow this government.
Come now, certainly you can imagine at least one other scenario that could "straighten that place out"
They haven't tried "socialism" at all. You know Mugabe also claims that Zimbabwe is democratic? Have they just "not tried that right" as well?
