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Currency debasement lowers a currency's value by diluting precious metals in coins or increasing money supply, leading to inflation. Learn history and real-world examples.

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Barry Eichengreen reviews two new histories of the country's postwar Wirtschaftswunder as its economic model appears to be ...

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A painting of Malinche with Cortés by Roberto Cueva del Rio. Credit: Jujomx – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Mexico has launched a government-led effort to vindicate the life and legacy of a ...