The present state of theories of inflation in view of the inflation of theories - Economists and politicians are still concerned by inflation, and have been more so during the last few years. Several theories have attempted to explain it, based on the main schools of thought that have emerged in Economics over the last century. Inflation has often been conceived as one of the elements of the process by which the economy reaches a balance ; an excessive supply of currency, or the pressures brought to bear by wage costs in conditions of almost full employment, have been mentioned. Some writers have therefore accused the States' intervention in monetary matters, others the inability of this intervention to control wages, or more generally to c...