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
3 - Curing the Thermometer: Price Controls and the Black Market
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
Surveys how the French office known as the Contrôle économique was created for price controls and then charged with maintaining fixed prices in markets and suppressing the black market. The chapter then provides a critical evaluation of the control strategies for enforcement and their failure to contain black- market growth during the years of Occupation or to retain the initial popular support essential for having state controls work.
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- Marché NoirThe Economy of Survival in Second World War France, pp. 37 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023