Joshua Blustein


Joshua BlusteinJoshua Blustein is an associate at Sidley Austin LLP in Miami. He received a B.A. with honors in Economics and International Studies from The Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Prior to pursuing a J.D., Joshua spent a year in the health practice group at Mercer, a global consulting firm. At Johns Hopkins, Joshua was Prof. Hanke's chief research assistant at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise.




Papers Published in World Economics:


A Note on the Lódz Ghetto Hyperinflation

Primary data reveals one new instance of hyperinflation occurring in the Lódz Ghetto in 1944. Two instances of hyperinflation in the Lódz Ghetto occurred during World War II; in March of 1942 and February of 1944, monthly inflation in the ghetto reached 232.42% and 321.16%, respectively. The 1944 episode of hyperinflation is the 67th episode in world history and the sixth instance of hyperinflation documented in Poland, making Poland the country with the most hyperinflations in world history.

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