- German Chancellor Stresemann solved Germany's economic problems in the 1920s through various policies, including ending the Ruhr Crisis by promising reparations payments and persuading workers to return to work. - He solved hyperinflation by introducing a new currency, the Rentenmark, to replace the inflated Papiermark, stabilizing the economy by 1924. - The Dawes Plan and Young Plan further aided recovery by restructuring reparations payments and bringing in American investment.