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After being faced with ever-growing grain prices caused by a liberalisation of the economy, ordinary French people took to the streets and fought for their right to have cheap flour. We're going to analyse what the circumstances were, what the so-called „Physiocrats" wanted, and how the revolt went down. If you like my videos and want to make sure that I make more of them, you can support me here: https://ko-fi.com/sirmanatee Sources: - Bouton, Cynthia: The Flour War. Gender, Class and Community in Late Ancien Régime French Society, Pennsylvania University Park 1993. - Steiner, Philippe: Physiocracy and French Pre-Classical Political Economy, in: Samuels, Warren J., Biddle, Jeff E. & Davis, John B. (Ed.): A Companion to the History of Economic Thought, Hoboken 2003, pp. 62-77. - Vasold, Manfred: Die Hunger- und Sterblichkeitskrise von 1770/73 und der Niedergang des Ancien régime, in: Saeculum 59 (2008), Nr. 1, pp. 107-142. Music: Dvořák - Serenade for strings in E-major Kalinka Instrumental Rachmaninov - Prelude in C Sharp Minor