Economics for everybody : Inflation and purchasing power by Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur

For this second podcast of Economics for everybody, Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur enlightens us on the historical dimension of inflation: its origins, its relationship to the economy and its impact on the current situation.

Published on 09/27/2022 12:26

Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur
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Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur is professor at the Paris School of Economics and director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). His research focuses on methods and theories of economics to renew the understanding of financial and monetary history, primarily French.

Texts cited:
Bodin J., 1568, “Response au Paradoxe de Monsieur de Malestroit, touchant l’enchérissement de toutes choses, et le moyen d’y remédier“.
Waldinger M., 2021, “”Let them Eat Cake”: Drought in 1788 and political outcomes in the French Revolution“.

Hautcoeur P.C., 2021, “La Rupture ? La Grande Guerre, l’Europe et le XX^e siècle“, Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique.
Hautcoeur P.C., 2022, “Les taux d’intérêt, mesure du rapport social au futur”, in C. Courtet et al. (eds) La mémoire du futur, CNRS éd.
Monnet É., 2015, “La politique de la Banque de France au sortir des Trente Glorieuses : un tournant monétariste ?“, Revue d’histoire moderne & contemporaine, n° 62-1, p. 147-174.
Reis R., 2021, “Losing the inflation anchor“, Finance and Economics Discussion Series, 2021-062.
Sargent T.J. & Velde F.R., 1995, “Macroeconomic Features of the French Revolution“, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 103(3), pages 474-518.

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