Tema: Re: Siek tiek kainu kontroles istorijos - Prancuzija
Autorius: trickyvic
Data: 2010-10-16 12:10:18
Je ale jau tau pirmame sakinyje gimtaj anglu kalba aiskina, kad buvo ne 
tik reguliuojamos kainos, bet ir atlyginimai ir ne tai kad reguliuojamos 
bet limituojamos o cia jau biskeli kitas reikalas.

RaR wrote:
> Čia viso labo šiek tiek iš wikipedijos. Iki galo tai perskaičius tampa 
> akivaizdu, kad kontroliuojant kainas greitai pasiekiama politinių 
> tikslų. Deja, tų, kurių gerovei deklaruojamos taikomos priemonės, 
> gyvenimas iš tikrųjų pablogėja. Beje, ir įstatymo pavadinimas mums labai 
> tiktų.
> 
> 
> During the French Revolution in the 1790s, "The Law of the Maximum" was 
> imposed in an attempt to decrease inflation. It consisted of limits on 
> wages and food prices.[2] Many dissidents were executed for breaking 
> this law.[5] The law was repealed 14 months after its introduction.[5]
> 
> By turning the crimes of price gouging and food hoarding into crimes 
> against the government, France had limited success. With respect to its 
> overt intention, that of ensuring the people were able to purchase food 
> at a reasonable rate, the Maximum was mostly a failure. Some merchants 
> having found themselves forced into a position to sell their goods for a 
> price lower than what it cost to create it (i.e. cost of baking bread, 
> growing vegetables, etc.,) chose to hide their expensive goods from the 
> market, either for personal use or for sale on the black market.[6] 
> However, the General Maximum was very successful in deflecting a 
> volatile political issue away from the Committee of Public Safety and 
> Robespierre, enabling them to focus on larger political issues more 
> closely related to completing the French Revolution.[7]
> 
> In creating the General Maximum, Maximilien Robespierre shifted the 
> attention of the French people away from government involvement in 
> widespread shortages of money and food to a fight between consumers and 
> merchants. The text of the General Maximum was written towards 
> businessmen who were profiting on a large scale from the demise of the 
> French economy. However, in practice, the law ultimately targeted local 
> shopkeepers, butchers, bakers, and farmers-the merchants who were 
> profiting the least from the economic crisis.[8] With the General 
> Maximum, Robespierre offered the people an answer regarding whom to 
> blame for their poverty and their hunger. Furthermore, considering its 
> association with the Law of Suspects, when a citizen informed the 
> government about a merchant who was in violation of the law, they were 
> considered to have done their civic duty.[9]