They really, really, don’t have a square to spare

From the NY Times: “How bad is inflation in Zimbabwe?”

Well, consider this: at a supermarket near the center of this tatterdemalion capital, toilet paper costs $417.

No, not per roll. Four hundred seventeen Zimbabwean dollars is the value of a single two-ply sheet. A roll costs $145,750 — in American currency, about 69 cents.

For a refresher on Mugabe’s deadly misrule, read this article from the Atlantic: “How to kill a country.”