Except that people don&#x27;t actually need to <i>hold</i> NewZims.  If they don&#x27;t trust the currency (and they won&#x27;t, not in Zimbabwe), they&#x27;ll work for dollars, save in dollars, and then on tax day they&#x27;ll convert just enough dollars into NewZims to pay the taxes.  That way they&#x27;re safe from NewZim currency manipulation.<p>The only people who&#x27;ll get <i>paid</i> in NewZims are government workers, and when they get paid they&#x27;ll rush out to convert their NewZims to dollars that people are selling to pay taxes.<p>The only way this cycle stops is if the hassle and expense of currency transactions outweighs the distrust of the government&#x27;s stewardship of the currency.  Until that time the NewZim is trading at some huge multiple of the official exchange rate.