Louis XVI was contemptuously called “le boulanger,” the baker. Wartime inflation destroyed stability in the Russian empire in 1917, as farmers, worried about the declining value of their money, hoarded their output and let the cities starve.
1789年，没有面包吃的恐慌席卷法国，政府没有能力确保供应，导致了“旧制度”的垮台。人们怨恨地把路易十六称作失职的“面包师傅”。1917年，战时通胀瓦解了沙俄帝国的稳定，农民害怕货币贬值，于是囤积惜售，令城市陷入饥馑。布尔什维克靠着“面包会有的”（还有和平）的诺言获得了权力。中国也一样，二战后的通胀引起了粮食恐慌。