1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.
Wages skyrocketed and the government had to print more and more money to pay the bill. The crisis only hit workers when they noticed that month after month fewer affordable goods were available in the shops. By 1990, thanks to Gorbachev’s half-measures, basic consumer goods had literally disappeared from the shop shelves and hyper-inflation loomed.
From "Russia. Which Way Paradise?" by Monica Attard. I heart Monica Attard. Okay next five people, go!