none of this is new, it is now just worldwide
check out this small book called
fiat money inflation in france
by andrew dickson white
it is online in several places, originally it started as an essay read to the us house and senate in 1876
lays out the role of inflating the money supply that lead into the ruin of the french lower and middle class
the rise of money speculators
how some made fortunes by buying real goods and land on credit
and repaying with worthless money
starvation and revolution followed