I read a book a few years ago on hyperinflation by a guy who lived thru 3 of them. 2 in argentina and one in chile. One thing he mentioned is that prices didn't all go up in fact real estate prices crashed hard each time because people were selling their homes so they could afford to buy food. I think the basic idea is that essentials like food go way up but non-essentials go way down.[/QUOTE
Interesting but different . On avg I'd say the avg Mexican or South American spends more on food and less on energy , housing , etc than an avg american even in normal times. Overall there is probably no welfare , food stamps or social security so hard to tell if that type of scenario could go here . I could picture americans selling bigger homes for smaller , especially childless couples but there is already a shortage of those smaller homes available .