Book contents
- Marché Noir
- Marché Noir
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Terms
- 1 The Black Market in Wartime France
- 2 L’économie de misère
- 3 Curing the Thermometer: Price Controls and the Black Market
- 4 La terre, elle, ne ment pas: Agriculture and the Black Market
- 5 Market Forces: Industry and Commerce
- 6 Consumers in a World of Scarce Goods
- 7 Illegality Normalized
- 8 Liberating Markets and Consumers
- 9 Justice for les profiteurs de la misère publique
- 10 Black Markets in Wartime
- Select Bibliography
- Index
8 - Liberating Markets and Consumers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 March 2023
Book contents
- Marché Noir
- Marché Noir
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Terms
- 1 The Black Market in Wartime France
- 2 L’économie de misère
- 3 Curing the Thermometer: Price Controls and the Black Market
- 4 La terre, elle, ne ment pas: Agriculture and the Black Market
- 5 Market Forces: Industry and Commerce
- 6 Consumers in a World of Scarce Goods
- 7 Illegality Normalized
- 8 Liberating Markets and Consumers
- 9 Justice for les profiteurs de la misère publique
- 10 Black Markets in Wartime
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Explains the reasons for increased black market activity in France after Liberation, including the new black market for US Army goods, and the rising frustration of consumers, shopkeepers, farmers and intermediaries with the operation of price controls and rationing. This opposition resisted price control efforts in some cities and developed into a massive, organized wave of protest against control enforcement in spring 1947, forcing the state to retreat from enforcement of controls.
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- Marché NoirThe Economy of Survival in Second World War France, pp. 200 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023