It could be worse…

9 October 2008, 1548 EDT

the peoples of the advanced industrial countries could live in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate – already the world’s highest – has soared to 231,000,000%, newly released official figures for July show.

The rise – from 11,200,000% last month – was largely due to increases in the prices of bread and cereals.

A landmark power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has failed to ease the country’s economic crisis.

I bet the Icelanders didn’t realize that they had it so good.