Art Cashin Offers A Huge Lesson On Weimar Hyperinflation, And The Roots Of Today's Crisis

``When things began to disintegrate, no one dared to take away the punchbowl. They feared shutting off the monetary heroin would lead to riots, civil war, and, worst of all communism. So, realizing that what they were doing was destructive, they kept doing it out of fear that stopping would be even more destructive.''