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In the following years paper money lost value multiple times, because finite resources would be countered with rising amounts of paper money, which made every physical piece of money less valueable on average. Inflation is the economic word for it and is needed to drive demand and keep the engine "Economy" running. At least that is the theory. Even if inflation is 0, than the economy would not stop, just slow down.
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