reached 140 percent; by 2003, almost 600 percent; by
2007, 66,000 percent; and by 2008, 230 million percent! Of
course, in a country where the president wins the lottery
(this page–this page), it should surprise nobody that
passing a law making the central bank independent means
nothing. The governor of the Zimbabwean central bank
probably knew how his counterpart in Sierra Leone had
“fallen” from the top floor of the central bank building when
he disagreed with Siaka Stevens (this page). Independent
or not,