Tag: Inflation

  • Inflation, Prices and Distributive Conflict

    Inflation, Prices and Distributive Conflict

    A political economy perspective for public debate Introduction Inflation has returned to the centre of public debate in the 2020s. In public discourse it is often described as a technical problem: excessive money creation, supply shocks, or temporary imbalances between demand and production. These explanations are not incorrect, but they are incomplete. They overlook a…