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A billboard made of money – it cost a billion dollars!

April 3, 2009 Graeme Codrington Ethics, Global View, Leadership, Media tidbits 1 Comment

Zimbabwe billboardZimbabwe has been so messed up by Bob Mugabe that their currency is worth nothing. Literally. For the last year or more, bank notes have had expiry dates on them. When these expire the money is useless. Actually, because of hyperinflation, the money is mainly useless anyway.

A Zimbabwean newspaper used a billion of these dollars to create this billboard. It’s a great way to make a point. If only the international community would do something about the man who has singlehanded destroyed a nation!

How can this happen in the modern world?

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