Here is an absolutely stunning article on the state of Zimabwe. A few excerpts of notice, I believe:

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Economic analysts say unless the rate of inflation is slowed, annual inflation will likely reach about five million per cent by October.
Huh? How on this green earth is that conceivably possible? I mean, seriously, how? I'm no wizard on economics, but this sort of thing seemed beyond the grasp of possibility. That kind of number for inflation rate is utterly mind boggling.

An example of the effects of this:
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As stores opened for business Wednesday, a small pack of locally produced coffee beans cost just short of one billion Zimbabwe dollar. A decade ago, that sum would have bought 60 new cars.
That Robert Mugabe could even have the slimmest of chances of remaining 'President' of this country is a pox upon democracy.