Imagine if a rich king comes to a small village and insists on buying a loaf of bread from the baker for $100 rather than a penny

Now the butcher knows the baker is hungry and has $100, so he ups his prices to get the most value

But the butcher needs knives and the blacksmith knows he can afford more now too

The kings left town but the damage has been done, will probably take some time for things to go sane again